Olympique Marseille are prepared to lose Taye Taiwo at the end of the season.

The Nigeria left-back has declared he's ready to move on and is being linked with Manchester United, Liverpool and Chelsea.

"We regret his departure," Marseille president Jean-Claude Dassier declared, "but apparently he wants to try out different emotions in another league.

"We are already working to replace him, we will have a meeting in the coming days."

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