Marcelino was recently inducted as OM’s new coach. The Spanish coach is famous for asking a lot of his players, especially when it comes to their physical condition.
OM will be able to get to work in the coming days on the transfer market. Marcelino and Pablo Longoria will have to establish a plan of action in order to waste as little time as possible. The Spanish coach intends to find a good part of his workforce during the recovery. And he intends to find them in very good physical shape. Otherwise what the former Valencia will ask them to do what is necessary to get up to speed. If it is difficult to know if the training sessions will be as grueling as with Igor Tudor, Marcelino wants to be able to rely on players in their ideal weight. It is not Stéphane Pignol who will say the opposite.
Marcelino, OM players are warned
Hello Marseilles! Very happy to join such a big club and can’t wait to be at the Vélodrome, to experience one of the most beautiful atmospheres in Europe!
Go Om! 🔵⚪️ pic.twitter.com/R8ENWXeDqx—Marcelino Garcia Toral (@Marcelino) June 25, 2023
Former Marcelino player in Zaragoza, Stéphane Pignol spoke about the physical expectations of the Spaniard for Provence : “During the pre-season, a player arrived at training camp overweight, he put him on a diet, he weighed his meals and said to him: You, you only eat that for two weeks”. Same story on the side of Tomas Pina, who rubbed shoulders with Marcelino at Villarreal: “It can cause tension because there are fines, spot checks. You need great pros to support his method, he demands so much commitment… If a player isn’t ready to commit 100%, he doesn’t play. In some clubs, players sometimes allow themselves to eat less well, to train more quietly, not to go to the gym. It doesn’t work with him.”. Current OM players and those who will soon come are warned, there will be no gifts from the 57-year-old technician. It’s a safe bet that the echoes of the first training sessions will not fail to agitate the press, already that the Marseille players had a bad experience of the Marseille pre-season last summer under the orders of Igor Tudor.
