Leonardo Balerdi, Credit photo : Icon Sport
On the outskirts of the 2026 World Cup, bad news hits OM and the Argentinian selection with Balerdi’s injury. And the Marseille medical staff find themselves singled out…
The 2025-2026 season is decidedly dark for OM and its defender, Leonardo Balerdi… Called up with Argentina to play the first world championship of his career, the defender is injured in the calf and must therefore forfeit the competition. A huge blow for the Marseille captain. But also for OM, who were counting on the good performances of their player in North America to raise their rating on the transfer market…
L’OM a mal évalué sa blessure…
OM clearly didn’t need that, at the dawn of a vital transfer window for Marseille’s finances. Worse still, the club finds itself “in the sauce” since the medical staff is clearly implicated in Balerdi’s injury. This season, the defender has fallen several times because of this calf. Provence indicates that the healing time was poorly assessed by the Marseille leaders and that its relapse comes from there… Already little spared by the general crisis of recent weeks, the club finds itself in the dock for one of the favorites for the final coronation of this World Cup. Clean…
