Nwaneri at the heart of a diabolical trap

Loaned by Arsenal to OM during the recent winter transfer window, Ethan Nwaneri is clearly not in Habib Beye’s good books, even if Marseille had accepted a very twisted contract to reach an agreement with the Gunners.

Since joining Olympique de Marseille on January 23, Ethan Nwaneri has yet to play a single full match in Ligue 1. Even if Roberto de Zerbi has placed a little more trust in him than Habib Beye, the loan of the young English attacking midfielder is not a success as we head straight towards the end of the season. This short playing time does not make the English player happy, but it also irritates Mickel Arteta who had accepted this loan so that Ethan Nwaneri could express himself and gain experience in a club as important in Ligue 1 as OM. And the leaders of the Gunners even contractually imposed a clause revealed this Thursday by the Daily Mail.

Nwaneri costs OM more when he doesn’t play

Arsenal has in fact predicted that the more Olympique de Marseille plays Etha Nwaneri, the less Olympique de Marseille will have to pay the English player’s salary. A win-win deal if Nwaneri got playing time, except that’s not the case. In other words, currently the 19-year-old attacking midfielder costs more money because he is not used. It is true that when Arteta agreed to discuss with Marseille for Ethan Nwaneri, it was Roberto De Zerbi, now at Tottenham, who was on the OM bench and he thought that the Italian would trust the English international hopefuls. “ Roberto is a very courageous manager in the way he brings young players into play. He fits the style of play and qualities we are looking for in Ethan “, indicated the Arsenal manager.

Nwaneri will leave OM at the end of the season

Enough to facilitate an agreement, especially with this financial formula which obviously encouraged OM to play Ethan Nwaneri as much as possible. But Arsenal had no idea of the hurricane that was looming in Marseille and the departure of De Zerbi, just two weeks after signing the English player. The English tabloid admits that Habib Beye is totally impervious to the pressure put by this financial clause, the current coach of Olympique de Marseille not wanting to compose his starting eleven according to this or that clause.