After a mediocre start to 2024, Olympique de Marseille is looking for solutions for the rest of its season. Gennaro Gattuso focused on the situation of a striker…
A laborious journey in the championship, an elimination in the Coupe de France and a lackluster game: the start of 2024 is very worrying for lovers of Olympique de Marseille. The Marseille club has had a string of disappointing performances, and it is not the winter recruitment that will reassure the supporters.
While Gennaro Gattuso is struggling to find the right formula, the Italian technician said he was ready to bet on a player who had completely disappeared from the radar: Luis Henrique. Aligned at Groupama Stadium during the Olympico against Lyon, the Brazilian winger did not produce an unforgettable performance, but he will obviously have a card to play for the future… ” I’ll be honest with you, when he came back, he had to leave. After a week, I told him you have to train well », Explained Gennaro Gattuso at a press conference.
Gattuso then clarified his thoughts. The Italian believes that Luis Henrique’s percussion ability can be valuable for OM. “ When he has the ball, he can be 100% but without the ball he has difficulty running towards the opponent. He has the physique for it with legs that don’t fit into pants. I try to hammer home that so that he improves, he has the quality to score 7/8 goals in the season, I saw seriousness and commitment in him and he deserves this opportunity “. A point of view which is obviously not unanimous within the community of OM supporters…