OM: Riolo accuses Létang of playing into PSG’s hands

Riolo pulls out the heavy artillery

When Riolo talks, it makes noise. And this time, Olivier Létang is in the firing line. “To support Labrune, there’s only Nasser and Létang left. When Paris asks, Lille immediately says yes,” blasted the RMC pundit. His target: the lightning-fast transfer of Lucas Chevalier to PSG. €40M plus €15M in bonuses, without a fight, without negotiations. For many, it was all too easy given the Lille president’s reputation for toughness in other deals.

Double standards?

The contrast is brutal. Just weeks after saying yes to PSG, LOSC slammed the door on OM for Edon Zhegrova. Courted by Pablo Longoria, the Kosovar winger never got the green light from the northern club… before quietly heading to Juventus. For Marseille fans, the story writes itself: Paris helps itself, while OM hits a wall. Another chapter feeding the sense of imbalance that has plagued Ligue 1 for years.

A whiff of arrangements

“With other clubs, he plays hardball, but with Paris it’s the red carpet,” Riolo insisted. In a season already charged with tension, as OM tries to climb back to the top, this kind of alleged arrangement only pours oil on the fire. And it fuels the idea that the championship is distorted by behind-the-scenes connivances between executives.

Storm clouds ahead

For Marseille, this feeling of injustice is nothing new. LFP rulings, political choices, and now distrust towards Lille all pile onto the already burning rivalry with Paris. Every transfer window becomes a double battle for OM: against direct rivals on the pitch, and against a system seen as rigged.