Matteo Guendouzi finally disassociated himself permanently from Arsenal this summer as his permanent switch to Marseille was confirmed with the Ligue 1 side activating a meagre buy-option in his loan agreement. The midfielder never meshed with the Gunners’ manager Mikel Arteta’s ideals and approach.
He was ousted from the Arsenal squad after an incident at Brighton involving Neal Maupay but had also experienced problems whilst on a warm weather training camp. football.london understood the midfielder was given several opportunities to apologise for his actions.
He left on loan to Hertha Berlin where he was described by coach Pal Dardai as still going through ‘football puberty’ and lacking maturity. The German club had no interest in making a deal permanent, which is when the move to Marseille occurred which rescued and elevated his career.
