Expected to become the new coach of Olympique de Marseille, Gennaro Gattuso has already received a welcome message from Raymond Domenech.
Barring an improbable turnaround, Gennaro Gattuso is preparing to become the new coach of Olympique de Marseille. A week after Marcelino’s departure, the Italian technician arrived in the Marseille city to settle the final details of his arrival and initial his contract. The lease will be short-term since according to RMC, the former world champion should sign for one season plus an optional second.
Once again, OM has therefore set its sights on a foreign technician, as it did with the Chilean Jorge Sampaoli, the Croatian Igor Tudor or the Spaniard Marcelino. And if his predecessors had some arguments to put forward, the former Milanese rarely convinced in the role of coach, with a series of failures. A situation which did not fail to provoke a reaction from Raymond Domenech, the president of Unecatef.
“Gattuso at OM? Marseille should appreciate being able to revive a coach who has not really succeeded so far. But if he really comes we wish him good luck,” thus wrote the former coach, who has not hesitated in the past to criticize the appointment of foreign technicians, often preferred to French coaches by the leaders of Ligue 1.
Gattuso at OM? Marseille should appreciate being able to revive a coach who has not really succeeded until now.
But if he really comes we wish him good luck.— Raymond Domenech (@RaymondDomenech) September 27, 2023
And Gennaro Gattuso inevitably also brings back bad memories to Raymond Domenech. He was in fact in the World Cup final lost on penalties in 2006 by Zidane’s gang. “He removed me from the French team because he hated the Italians and I played in Italy, Sébastien Frey recently told about the former coach. He told me face to face that he didn’t want to call me because I was playing in Italy. »
