If Gennaro Gattuso is the new coach of OM, the shadow of Christophe Galtier continues to hover over the Marseille club.
It is therefore Gennaro Gattuso who will have the privilege and the heavy task of healing the wounds of an OM freshly abandoned by their coach Marcelino and beaten in Paris. So decided President Pablo Longoria, not without having followed another priority track in recent days, in the person of Christophe Galtier.
According to L’Equipe, the man who left his position at PSG this summer was indeed the first choice of the Marseille management to play the firefighter on duty. This is despite his recent “betrayal” in the eyes of many Marseille supporters but also and above all the conviction he faces next December for alleged acts of discrimination and Islamophobia.
A question of timing
Pablo Longoria saw in Christophe Galtier the ideal candidate to raise the Marseille bar; only the latter, after reflection and making various contacts, chose to decline the proposal, concerned with “ give yourself time before diving back in “. “ A decision that was very difficult for him », specifies the sports daily mentioned.
The story doesn’t end there though. “ It’s not a firm “no” but the OM bosses wanted a coach on the bench from Saturday against Monaco. A timing that did not suit him », underlines L’Equipe. Unimaginable just a few weeks ago, Christophe Galtier’s return to Marseille was well in the pipeline these days and was not exempt from favorable opinions. And the rumor is likely to be persistent within the walls of the Commanderie according to Gennaro Gattuso’s adaptation.
