The insipid draw against Toulouse on Sunday ignited the powder. The meeting between supporters and OM leaders this Monday turned sour.
Until then enjoying a certain immunity from Marseille supporters, who tended to praise his gift for trading, Pablo Longoria is having a complicated time in Marseille. This Monday, the day after the sad goalless draw between OM and TFC at the Vélodrome, the meeting scheduled at the Commanderie between the Olympian leaders and the supporters did not really have the desired effect.
According to RMC, certain association leaders were offensive from the outset, monopolizing the floor in front of the aroused Spanish president, accompanied for the occasion by Javier Ribalta (football director), Stéphane Tessier (financial director) and Pedro Iriondo (general manager). “ We are ashamed. You don’t respect us “, some of them told the quartet stunned by the turn of the interview.
Direction resignation
The departure of appreciated executives such as Dimitri Payet, Steve Mandanda or Mattéo Guendouzi was brought up again, like the case of Alexis Sanchez, deemed not essential by the Marseille management this summer after having been by far the best Marseillais of the previous year . The new coach Marcelino also took it for his rank, a symbol according to supporters of chronic instability at OM and especially singled out for his connections with President Longoria.
Read also: Ligue 1: The results Ligue 1: The ranking
The tone rose to such a point that the debates were cut short, reports corresponding journalist Florent Germain, who describes a real divorce between the representatives of the supporter groups and the OM staff. Some have even called on the leaders concerned to resign immediately. The rag is indeed burning in Marseille. Before three tough trips which will take the Olympians in the coming days to Amsterdam, Paris and Monaco.
