The arrival of Gennaro Gattuso at OM guarantees at least one thing. The crisis is real in Marseille with the choice of the Italian decided urgently. The risk of a completely failed season cannot be ruled out.
Where is OM going? Straight into the wall ? Many fear him after the announcement of the arrival of Gennaro Gattuso on the Marseille bench. We will of course be able to judge the Italian coach after a few matches but it is not forbidden to doubt his career so far.
If Gennaro Gattuso was failed by Olympique Lyonnais ten days ago, he perhaps owes it to a career far from stable and more than mixed results.
The former AC Milan and Nazionale barker (73 caps – one goal) has known seven different teams since his debut 10 years ago, not counting the short experience as player-coach at FC Sion (February to March 2013).
Back home
After Switzerland, Gennaro Gattuso had brief stints at Palermo (8 matches) and OFI Crete (17 m.), before Pisa and the AC Milan U19s. In his former home, the 2006 world champion begins to exist.
Gattuso took over the Rossoneri first team in November 2017 to succeed Vincenzo Montella, who was sacked for poor results. May 2019, the collaboration ends between Gattuso and the Lombard giant. He will bounce back in Naples at the end of the year (December 2019 – June 2021).
After leaving Napoli, Gennaro Gattuso will wait a year to find a job at FC Valencia (Liga). And here too, the experience does not last: six months (July 2022 – January 2023). “Gattuso at OM? The Marseillais should appreciate being able to relaunch a coach who has not really succeeded so far…”judged Raymond Domenech on Wednesday.
The president of Unecatef, the French coaches’ union, is used to promoting French technicians. He also remembers the 2006 World Cup final lost by the Blues whom he led at the time. Gennaro Gattuso lifted the trophy.
