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Marseille target reinforcements after poor start

Marseille, who secured their first Ligue 1 crown in 18 years last May, worried their supporters with a dismal display in their opening match in the campaign last weekend.

The former European champions, who will next cross France to visit northerners Valenciennes on Saturday, have remained very quiet so far on the transfer market.

OM president Jean-Claude Dassier, however, made it clear players would come and made Sevilla's Brazil striker Luis Fabiano his priority.

"Our fans can be reassured," Dassier told reporters. "We need reinforcements, a striker and a midfielder, and we will get them."

As for Luis Fabiano, the Marseille boss said: "He's our priority and the kind of spectacular reinforcement we're looking for but nothing has been agreed yet."

"Being in the lead now doesn't mean much but we won our first game and we fought for it, which is encouraging," PSG president Robin Leproux told reporters.

"I'm used to it," said Brazilian midfielder Nene, who joined PSG from Monaco, where attendances are low.

"It's true that there weren't that many people and not that much noise but if we keep winning, that will soon change," he told reporters.

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