After Marcelo Gallardo’s refusal to come to OM, the Marseille club wants to recruit Paulo Fonseca. On the Lille side, Olivier Létang refuses to see his coach leave, but this position could change.
The weekend was tense on the side of Marseille where a few hours after the announcement of the failure of negotiations with Marcelo Gallardo, it was the president of LOSC who calmed the rumor sending Paulo Fonseca to the OM bench . ” I can reaffirm that Paulo will be the coach of Losc next year. We are very proud that he is courted, it proves the quality of his work and our project within Losc “Said Olivier Létang. A very firm position to say the least, but which could hide the desire of the Lille leader to raise the stakes. The Portuguese coach of the northern club has a one-year contract and Pablo Longoria will not be able to afford Paulo Fonseca for zero euros. A fact that changes everything, the other Marseille tracks being all free. Faced with this intransigent statement from the president of LOSC, Olympique de Marseille could throw in the towel. But this is not the case, because everything is obviously not so clear.
Lille ready to drop Fonseca in the event of a big offer from OM
Very proud of our players. They have shown great effort! Thank you to all the supporters, we are waiting for you at the next game. 🙌🏼 pic.twitter.com/cVIRixpMQV
— Paulo Fonseca (@PFonsecaCoach) May 20, 2023
By being so clear, Olivier Létang would indeed have sent the signal to his OM counterpart that everything has a price, and that Paulo Fonseca’s contract year is worth a few million euros. Because if the Portuguese has already discussed with the Marseille president, and an agreement in principle was not far away, the two clubs must also agree. “ Is Lille’s position final when the relationship between Létang and Fonseca has not always been fluid because of the few recruits hired? asks Fabrice Lamperti, who recalls that Lille had dropped Galtier in Nice for 5 million euros. In L’Equipe, the same question faced with Olivier Létang’s statement. ” Irreversible position or way to raise the stakes? The next few days will tell as Fonseca was flattered by OM’s interest “warns Baptiste Chaumier. The simple fact of asking the question is already an answer, and it may well be that positions are changing in the next few hours. Olympique de Marseille has no interest in wasting time in choosing the successor to Igor Tudor.
