If the press release released this Tuesday evening did not mention the case of Marcelino, the Spanish technician would indeed be on the verge of leaving Olympique de Marseille. He is not expected to make the trip to Amsterdam for the Europa League match.
Olympique de Marseille is experiencing a new historic crisis. While the Ciel et Blanc are expected in Amsterdam to start their Europa League campaign on Thursday, the main managers of the club – Pablo Longoria, Javier Ribalta (football director), Stéphane Tessier (financial director) and Pedro Iriondo (centre director training) – announced in a cryptic manner that they were withdrawing and not making the trip to the Netherlands. Consequence of threats received on Monday during a meeting with supporters. If they were ready to throw in the towel, on Tuesday morning, Frank McCourt asked them not to make hasty decisions and to give themselves time to think things over.
And according to RMC, Pablo Longoria and others will not be the only ones not to be on the trip to the Netherlands. Marcelino should not board for Amsterdam either. If he was not targeted by the demands for resignation from the supporters’ representatives, on Monday evening, the Spanish technician took the events very badly and was also the first to want to say stop.
From the morning session, the former Valencia coach announced to his players his intention to leave the club and his staff should follow. Discussions are nevertheless still underway to define the terms of this separation, which occurs only three months after his arrival to replace Igor Tudor.
If the departure of Marcelino and his staff is confirmed, it is Jean-Pierre Papin who should sit on the Marseille bench on Thursday for the match against Ajax.
