Sakai and Bedimo on board at Olympique Marseille

Japanese defender Hiroki Sakai and Cameroonian Henri Bedimo have both signed for Ligue 1 outfit Olympique de Marseille, the French club confirmed on Thursday.

Bedimo, a 32-year-old defender capped 32 times for Cameroon, has previously played for French clubs Toulouse, Le Havre, Châteauroux, Lens and Montpellier - where he won the French league title in 2012 - before spending three seasons at Olympique Lyonnais.

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Defender Sakai, 26, arrives after four seasons at Hannover, who were relegated from the Bundesliga last season. Capped 27 times he becomes the second Japanese player to compete in Marseille - following in the footsteps of left-back Koji Nakata from 2005-2006.

Olympique, who finished 13th in Ligue 1 last season, did not give details of the duration of the contracts or the fees.