Arriving in June to coach OM, Marcelino is on the verge of leaving, the fault of disappointing results and a tense context. His temporary replacement is known.
Everything has been rushing for a few hours at Olympique de Marseille. After a new general upheaval in the squad and staff this summer, the mayonnaise is having difficulty taking hold and the new coach, Marcelino, already seems inclined to leave his post. The strategist also announced it to his players on Monday and on the management side, a temporary solution was found.
Because if Pablo Longoria will necessarily need time to find a new coach for his team for the rest of the season, he had to act quickly to find a man capable of taking back the reins, apparently let go by Marcelino . According to Mathieu Grégoire, the providential man would be called Jacques Abardonado. The journalist of The Team specified on his group’s channel that the former defender who is part of the current OM staff could therefore lead the Marseillais on Thursday evening against Ajax Amsterdam, in the Europa League.
Papin? “Highly unlikely”
The Jean-Pierre Papin option was first announced by the sports media, but the trend would therefore have been reversed. “ Some were drawing up plans and thought that it would be Jean-Pierre Papin, who is very close to certain players in the locker room like Vitinha and Jonathan Clauss, who could make the transition and interim in the event of Marcelino’s departure. As we speak, that seems highly improbable. If Marcelino was not on the plane (Tuesday) to Amsterdam, we would rather be heading towards an interim Jacques Abardonado.“
And Mathieu Grégoire concludes, cautiously: “ Once again, I add a small dose of conditional. You saw that the day (Monday) was quite foggy. » The next few hours and days will perhaps help to clarify these various gray areas which hang over the Marseille organization chart.
