BARTHEZ LOAN TALKS ONGOING
"We are in discussions with Marseille but no final agreement
has been reached"
has been reached"
A statement on the Marseille website said:
"The signature of the contracts should be carried out by the
weekend. This one is related to the approval of the Fifa. If
this green light is given, Fabien Barthez will thus slip on
again the gloves of Olympic Marseille."
weekend. This one is related to the approval of the Fifa. If
this green light is given, Fabien Barthez will thus slip on
again the gloves of Olympic Marseille."
Marseille president Christophe Bouchet
"It was in everybody's interest. It was in Marseille's
interest because it is necessary to rely on two great
goalkeepers when you're ambitious. It was in Fabien's
interest because he will be able to prepare for Euro 2004
and play. It was in Manchester's interest because he was
longer playing. He's a born fighter. And he played long
enough at the Velodrome to know that it's not a pitch that
you walk about on with hands in your pockets. Marseille's
first goalkeeper is Vedran Runje and this won't change. But
to have Barthez with us on loan is also a plus for Vedran.
To play alongside a keeper who has been at the top for ten
years will help Vedran make it to the very best in the
world"
interest because it is necessary to rely on two great
goalkeepers when you're ambitious. It was in Fabien's
interest because he will be able to prepare for Euro 2004
and play. It was in Manchester's interest because he was
longer playing. He's a born fighter. And he played long
enough at the Velodrome to know that it's not a pitch that
you walk about on with hands in your pockets. Marseille's
first goalkeeper is Vedran Runje and this won't change. But
to have Barthez with us on loan is also a plus for Vedran.
To play alongside a keeper who has been at the top for ten
years will help Vedran make it to the very best in the
world"