Marseille announced on their official website that the club have signed Netherlands international center midfielder Quinten Timber from Feyenoord.

According to Marseille's official statement, Timber has signed on a long-term four-and-a-half-year deal with the club which runs until the summer of 2030. He will also wear the number 27 jersey.

Furthermore, according to CBS Sports' resident renowned transfer journalist Ben Jacobs, Timber's contract was originally scheduled to expire this summer, thus the Ligue 1 club only paid Feyenoord a transfer fee of €4.5 million to secure the player's signing.

After completing his transfer, Timber, in his first interview with Marseille's official website, said: "I'm very happy to be here. The size of the club itself speaks for itself; it's a very great club with an excellent team and a very good coach. I spoke with the coach, and he gave me a very warm welcome. We will be ready for every game from now on."

"I participated in my first training session yesterday, and the quality was very high. I'm ready to contribute to the team, which is already very good, but I still hope to train with these excellent players and continuously improve myself. I'm an all-around midfielder and I like to score goals, attack and defense. I have a good personality and can help the team."

"Throughout my career, I've played different positions. I can play number 6, number 8, or number 10. Whatever position the coach needs me to play, I'll play."

"I've spoken with the coach, and he explained the team's situation to me. He said he wants to win every competition; we want to win everything. I will motivate my teammates to win; that's my mentality, and it's the mentality of all the players in the team."

With this transfer officially announced, all rumours surrounding Timberl's potential move to Manchester United, Liverpool, RB Leipzig, or Lazio have been dispelled.

About Quintén Timber

The 24-year-old Timber was born on June 17, 2001, in Utrecht, Netherlands. He is 1.77 meters tall and primarily plays as a center midfielder, but can also play as an attacking midfielder or defensive midfielder. He holds dual Dutch and Curaçao citizenship. His twin brother, Jurrien Timber, is the Netherlands international defender currently playing for Arsenal, and his older brother, Dylan Timber, is a Curaçao international defender currently playing for VVV-Venlo.

Following in his brother's footsteps, Timber played in the youth academy of a local non-league club in Utrecht and Feyenoord's youth academy before joining Ajax's youth academy in 2014 and began playing for Ajax's reserve team in 2018.

After his contract expired in the summer of 2021, Timber joined his hometown club Utrecht as a free agent.

The following July, Timber transferred to Feyenoord for a club-record transfer fee of €8.5 million.

During his three-and-a-half-year spell with Feyenoord, Timber made 125 appearances for the club in all competitions, scoring 21 goals and providing 17 assists, where helped the club win the Eredivisie title, the KNVB Cup, and the Johan Cruyff Shield (Dutch Super Cup) once each.

Image source: Internet / Marseille official website