1st Team

Exclusive interview with Morgan Sanson

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OM.net
On Saturday 13 January 2018 at 11:40

Morgan, first of all, can you give us an update on your general level of fitness? You weren't in the line up facing the Valenciennes in the Coupe de France
It's much better. I'm well recovered. I had 4 or 5 difficult days. I'd had the flu followed by a throat infection. But now I'm back on track.

What's special about 17th January 2017?
(Laughing) It's the day I arrived at Marseille. It was a really proud moment for me. A reward and an honour as I had spent some time off the pitch, injured. I had struggled to come back and so I was extremely proud to wear this club's strip.

You were the first OM "McCourt version" rookie and therefore that makes you one of the first icons of the OM Champion Project. Looking back, did you feel the pressure at the time?
Not really. I was very calm and confident. I knew that if I worked as hard as I had at Montpellier, everything would be fine. Every game, I give my all and I think it shows. I wasn't apprehensive and only convinced that everything would go well.

The result was very positive both personally and collectively. What is your best memory of the first six months?
I think it has to be our victory in the Coupe de France against Olympique Lyonais (Note: 2-1 after extra time in the last 16)  We played a long but great match. It was one of my first games with OM.

The initial target for the season was to do better than 2016-2017 where we were in fourth place. That's still possible,isn't it?
We have the means to finish in fourth place, but if we can aim higher, we're going to go for it. Our opponents fear us. This proves the quality of our side. We must push this.

To finish, what message would you like to give to your supporters?
That they continue to be at our side. We really feel that there's a true army behind us ,supporting us. We need that to continue. We need them.

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