Olympique de Marseille accumulates poor results, probable consequence of permanent instability of the squad and the organization chart.
Since the start of the OM season, nothing has gone well. The crisis situation set in as soon as Marcelino was appointed coach last summer, with the first major failure being his exit from the Champions League on 3e qualifying round. The Spaniard as a clear casting error attributed to Pablo Longoria. The young president of the Provençal club then turned to Gennaro Gattuso to succeed his friend, without positive effect.
THE mediocre draw conceded Friday evening against Metz at home (1-1 – 21e day of League 1) adds to the average results recorded since the arrival of the former AC Milan barker on September 27. After 22 matches under the direction of Gattuso, OM were eliminated from the Coupe de France and occupied provisional seventh place in the Championship (7 wins, 9 draws and 5 defeats after 21 days).
In his defense, Gennaro Gattuso makes do with the means at hand, an average workforce weakened by the instability generated by a president who always acts as a players’ agent. Since 2020-2021, OM has recorded 56 arrivals and 70 departures, or 126 transfers (dry or ready), specifies Transfermarkt.
Marseille supporters can’t take it anymore, as shown by the banners hostile to this policy regularly displayed in the stands of the Vélodrome stadium. The Europa League play-off, Thursday evening in Hamburg against the Ukrainians Shakhtar Donetsk, will obviously be closely scrutinized.
