OM have not necessarily been overwhelmed with congratulations for bringing Marcelino to their bench. A strong compliment from FC Barcelona will however help the Spanish coach to assert himself.
After Jorge Sampaoli and Igor Tudor, Marseille supporters dreamed of continuing with nice shots on their team’s bench. It will finally be Marcelino, a coach who already has a lot of experience in Spain, and who is best known for being close to Pablo Longoria. Apart from that, the Spanish coach has especially rolled his bump in La Liga, experiencing an acceleration of his career in recent years in Seville, Villarreal, Valencia and Bilbao. It will now be necessary to convince in a club where the requirement is enormous, and this simple signing is already raising questions about its ability to advance OM, in Ligue 1 as in the Champions League.
Xavi congratulates OM for signing Marcelino
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And yet, this signature is validated on the other side of the Pyrenees, and not by just anyone. Asked about the arrival of a Spanish coach at OM, Xavi felt that the Marseille club had made a very good choice, and that the Provençals will therefore not be disappointed by this initiative by Pablo Longoria. “ I think it’s a very good signing. I have a personal and professional admiration for Marcelino. I have a good relationship with him even without being friends. Every time we faced each other, we always ended up talking to each other and he is a coach who demands a lot from the player. He has a very marked pattern in the 4-4-2, very good, very good. His teams are very competitive, we saw that in Valencia and Bilbao. I think he had some wonderful seasons. I wish the best to Marcelino “, delivered the FC Barcelona coach, who has only positive things to say about the OM coach. Support that is not insignificant at a time when the 57-year-old Spaniard will also have to earn the respect of players, supporters and the media to assert a very marked style, and his locker room management policy very focused on discipline.
