A favorite of OM supporters, Pablo Longoria is going through a first zone of turbulence, some being annoyed to see that the Marseille president changes everything every year. The arrival of Marcelino, to whom he is close, adds pressure on the Marseille president.
After trying to sign Marcelo Gallardo and Paulo Fonseca, Pablo Longoria finally decided to sign his friend, Marcelino. If the talent of the latter is beyond doubt, many are those who wonder why the president of Olympique de Marseille did not make the former coach of Valence his number 1 choice. RMC, Sébastien Piocelle, former international Espoirs tricolor, and self-proclaimed OM supporter admits that he does not really understand the choice of Pablo Longoria. And Piocelle to explain why this choice clearly put the boss of Olympique de Marseille in great danger.
Longoria doubles or quits with Marcelino
🗣💬 “Longoria gets wet and gets in trouble by choosing Marcelino. It’s a very big risk because it’s his first adventure abroad.”
Sébastien Piocelle believes that the president of OM is taking a risk after choosing his friend Marcelino to coach OM. pic.twitter.com/chmGCNRdub
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” In an ideal world, we all want to work with our friends, our family, our wife, because we know each other, there is a certain trust that has been established. But, here, we are talking about high level. And, at the top level, of course, there are results to be had and even more so at OM. Even if a coach works well in training, sometimes it takes time to see results. In Marseille, we don’t leave time, we saw it with Igor Tudor, whistled in friendly matches last year. By bringing in Marcelino, Pablo Longoria really gets wet, because there he no longer has the same status as in Valencia, he is president of OM. He has financial responsibilities in relation to Frank McCourt. I like Longoria a lot since he has been in this role of president and sports director, but there he is getting into a bit of trouble. In Nice, Galtier and Fournier were friends, it ended badly, the same in Caen between Moulin and Pickeu. I support OM, but for Marcelino it will be the first experience abroad. Longoria takes a big risk, and we know he was coveted by clubs in the market, so maybe he thought he had to play his personal card “, explained Sébastien Piocelle, who clearly thinks that in the event of poor results Marcelino could drag Pablo Longoria down.
