Former director of communications for Olympique de Marseille, Jacques Cardoze had a very difficult time with the end of his collaboration with Pablo Longoria.
While the situation of Pablo Longoria is still uncertain at Olympique de Marseille, Jacques Cardoze returns to the columns of L’Equipe on his time with the Marseille club. The journalist, who now officiates in the show Touche Pas Ă Mon Poste on C8, was director of communications for the Marseille club between May 2021 and December 2022.
Initially very close to Longoria, with whom he collaborated on a daily basis, Jacques Cardoze criticizes the Spanish leader for having distanced himself from him, particularly at the time of the arrivals at OM of Javier Ribalta and Pedro Iriondo in the state- Major Olympian.
“When I called him, he said, ‘Meet Pedro.’ When I texted him, he replied: ‘Meet Javier. » I considered him like a brother… I didn’t understand how we could have gone from an almost fraternal relationship to nothing! »regrets Jacques Cardoze.
The latter adds that he himself experienced his departure from OM very badly, while Longoria poses as a victim of pressure from certain groups of supporters. “He fired me so badly that I too have been followed for months, explains Cardoze. I still take medication. He also harmed others. In this story, there is an element of communication, I think. »