The club's president is already looking beyond the Nice striker, who is set to stay put this season
Marseille president Jacques-Henri Eyraud does not expect a deal to sign Mario Balotelli from Nice to be revived and would not confirm if the demands of agent Mino Raiola had scuppered the deal.
The two Ligue 1 clubs had been in negotiations over a transfer for the Italy international striker, only for Nice to announce this week the 28-year-old will be staying at Allianz Riviera in 2018-19.
And OM chief Eyraud acknowledged in an interview with L'Equipe there is now little prospect of the striker moving to Stade Velodrome.