Marseille signs Aymen Abdennour on loan from Valencia

Paris - Tunisian international defender Aymen Abdennour has joined Marseille on loan from Valencia, the French club announced on Tuesday evening.

Former Monaco stopper Abdennour, 28, returns to Ligue 1 after initially being linked with Zenit St Petersburg.

He passed a medical on Tuesday and will be unveiled as Marseille's sixth summer signing on Wednesday.

He was not the only player moving from Spain to France on Tuesday as Barcelona loaned young defender Marlon Santos to Nice.

Nice confirmed the arrival of the Brazilian, 21, without specifying the length of the loan agreement.