Like OM, and the recent appointment of Gennaro Gattuso, Ligue 1 clubs have relied less on French coaches in recent years.
Rudi Garcia is the last French coach of OM, arriving in October 2016 when Frank McCourt took power. With the exception of Garcia, the American owner of the Marseille club has seen foreign technicians come and go as main coach (not interim).
The latest, Gennaro Gattuso, led his first training session with the Olympians on Wednesday. Before the Italian, and after Rudi Garcia left Marseille in May 2019, André Villas-Boas (Portugal), Jorge Sampaoli (Argentina), Igor Tudor (Croatia) and Marcelino (Spain) succeeded one another on the OM bench .
The Marseille case is also seen in the French Championship. Three years ago, 80% of Ligue 1 coaches were French. Less than 50% in 2023-2024. A not really exciting situation for Didier Deschamps.
“I find that the French coach is not valued, had recently analyzed the coach of the Blues, cited by France Info. Does this come from the fact that there are also more and more foreign owners? »
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Raymond Domenech, for his part, did not hesitate, on X, to scratch Gennaro Gattuso as soon as the announcement of his arrival at the RLD center appeared on Wednesday: “Gattuso at OM? The Marseillais should appreciate being able to relaunch a coach who has not really succeeded so far…”
As president of the National Union of Professional Football Coaches and Technical Executives (Unecatef), Domenech defended his shop. It’s up to Gennaro Gattuso to prove the former boss of the Blues wrong.
