Approached by the Marseille staff to take over from Marcelino, Christophe Galtier serves as an ideal candidate for OM.
With Marcelino resigning after five days of the championship, and Jacques Abardonado hardly qualified to assume the role of number one coach in the long term, OM is seeking to enlist a new coach as quickly as possible. Already surveyed this summer when the person concerned left his position at PSG, Christophe Galtier would once again be a priority target for the Marseillais. Because he knows the club perfectly, having evolved there as a player and technician, and because he has a total mastery of Ligue 1.
Of course, the one who in recent years has managed Saint-Etienne, Lille or Nice also has his detractors in the Marseille city; because he dared to deny his Marseille origins to rally the Parisian enemy. But also because he is the subject of proceedings for alleged discriminatory and Islamophobic comments. However, OM must overcome these reluctances according to the astute observer Eric Di Meco.
“We have to go quickly”
“ Let’s imagine. We take Christophe’s career and remove the passage to PSG: he is the ideal candidate, the natural candidatesaid the former Olympian full-back this Monday on RMC. It is no coincidence that OM was interested in him several times. He knows Ligue 1, he knows this club, he knows the players… There, we have to move quickly, we are coming out of a special week. The coming weeks are going to be important so we have to perform well straight away. »
The 93 European champion adds: “ We saw Marcelino, we didn’t really understand what he wanted and the players admitted that they didn’t understand what he wanted to do. So it’s not to bring in yet another coach who doesn’t know the championship… Yes, you can’t erase this passage to PSG which is in the minds of some. But you can’t claim that the club is in the hands of leaders who surround themselves with their friends, who turn their backs on the Marseillais, and complain when we take a Marseille coach! »
