While he was very close to signing for Olympique de Marseille, Marcelo Gallardo will ultimately not commit to the Marseille club. A journalist revealed the reasons for this refusal of the Argentine technician.
OM thought they had finally found their future coach. Since the departure of Igor Tudor, Marseille has been trying somehow to find the rare pearl. Several names have been associated with Marseille but it is that of Marcelo Gallardo who was the most concrete. If all the insiders of the transfer market agreed that the former coach of River Plate was going to sign at OM, a turnaround in the situation changed everything. Journalist for France Football, Florent Torchut revealed the reasons for Gallardo’s refusal to settle down at OM. “He was not fully convinced by the project and he needed more time. He seemed seduced and changed his mind” said the journalist on his Twitter account. An unexpected setback because Florent Torchut was one of those who announced the arrival of the former Monaco player in Marseille, since everything seemed to be closed and the Argentinian had responded favorably to the Olympian offer in principle.
The OM project not exciting enough for Gallardo
#gallardo finally refused the proposal from Olympique de Marseille. “He was not fully convinced by the project & he needed more time”, we explain in his entourage.
Mea culpa for having announced that he was going to sign … He seemed seduced and changed his mind
— Florent Torchut (@FlorentTorchut) June 17, 2023
The former PSG and AS Monaco player therefore changed his mind at the last moment. A real blow for Marseille supporters. Three times winner of the Copa Libertadores, equivalent of the Champions League in America, Marcelo Gallardo is no longer a serious lead to coach OM. Obviously, the Marseille project was not convincing enough for the former midfielder. This still represents a nice slap, and shows the way that remains to be done to allow Pablo Longoria to attract leading coaches. However, Marseille are not giving up on their goal of finding a new coach. From now on, the two coaches closest to joining OM are Paulo Fonseca, current LOSC tactician and the former coach of Villarreal, Valencia or Bilbao, Marcelino. While the summer transfer window will soon open its doors in France, OM will seriously activate to complete the arrival of their future coach in order to better prepare for next season. It would presumably be without Marcelo Gallardo.
