Politely placarded by Igor Tudor, who made him a replacement, Mattéo Guendouzi did not cry when he learned of the departure of the Croatian coach from OM. Enough to make him change his mind, he who had got used to the idea of leaving Marseille.
He probably didn’t have too many illusions, but on Wednesday Mattéo Guendouzi found that he had disappeared from the list of French players selected by Didier Deschamps. Vice-world champion with the Blues in Qatar, the OM player lost his place in the France team at the same time as that in Marseille. Since the return of the World Cup, the midfielder has gone from Igor Tudor’s basic man to a simple substitute. And the end point of the relationship between the Marseille coach and the player with the imposing hair took place in Lens. That evening, Guendouzi, who had warmed up for a long time, was finally invited to sit down on the bench as he was about to come into play. A point of no return had been crossed, even though Pablo Longoria was already in search of a club for the player who arrived from Arsenal. Guendouzi’s brother had even attacked the OM coach on social networks. But suddenly everything changed.
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The surprise departure of Igor Tudor has clearly changed the situation for Mattéo Guendouzi. While the latter had accepted the idea of leaving Olympique de Marseille two years from the end of his contract, the departure of the Croatian technician made him think. According to Mathieu Grégoire, when he now talks about his future, the Marseille midfielder suggests that he will not be opposed to staying one more season at OM. The main cause of his torments being about to leave, Guendouzi sees himself succeeding in convincing Igor Tudor’s successor. In practice, all this is possible, the player trained at PSG not having become a draw all at once. Only problem, Tudor was not the only one who no longer really counted on the 24-year-old midfielder.
OM and Guendouzi, it’s really over
The journalist from the sports daily specifies that if Mattéo Guendouzi has changed his mind about his future in Marseille, the same is not true of Pablo Longoria. In other words, Tudor or not, the president of Olympique de Marseille believes that Guendouzi is a player who can bring in money during the next transfer window. And so he will not refuse a good offer from the Premier League. A championship where the performances of the French international were followed very closely. Longoria has no intention of saving soldier Guendouzi, who has never stopped proclaiming his love for OM since he returned to Ligue 1. There is no room for feelings in modern football, let alone in the transfer window.
