Marseille and Sassuolo tug of war for Doig

Verona full-back Josh Doig is reportedly annoyed at being caught in a tug-of-war between Olympique Marseille and Sassuolo.

It had been broadly believed {that a} deal was imminent for his transfer to France within the January switch window, at a price of €6m together with bonuses.

He was within the beginning XI for at this time’s 2-1 win over Empoli and plenty of anticipated it to be his ultimate look for the membership.

Nevertheless, this night Sportitalia, Sky Sport Italia and Footmercato are all reporting the identical model of occasions.

Particularly, they declare that Doig is set to affix Olympique Marseille, whereas Verona are leaning in the direction of a sale to fellow Serie A membership Sassuolo, who made a better provide.

Now Marseille are believed to be so annoyed that they warned Verona if a deal shouldn’t be executed by tomorrow morning, they may flip to different targets.

It’s a tense state of affairs for the 21-year-old Scottish expertise, who has made 12 Serie A appearances this season and two within the Coppa Italia.

He was bought from Hibernian in the summertime of 2022 for €3.6m and is below contract with Verona till June 2026.

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