Danish player Pierre-Emile Höjberg to sign with Olympique de Marseille

Danish international midfielder Pierre-Emile Höjberg will sign with Olympique de Marseille, Radio France’s sports management learned from a source close to the club, confirming information from the newspaper. The Team.

The 28-year-old, whose mother is French and father is Danish, will join on loan with a mandatory purchase option. He is under contract with the English club Tottenham. He has never played in Ligue 1. Pierre-Emile Höjberg started out in Denmark at Bröndby, playing from 2009 to 2012, then went to Germany to Bayern Munich from 2012 to 2016 before arriving in England at Southampton from 2016 to 2020 and then at Spurs.

This is the fourth signing of Olympique de Marseille this summer after Lilian Brassier, Imsaël Koné and Mason Greenwood.