Gennaro Gattuso landed, OM will rely on Jean-Louis Gasset until the end of the season.
Everything moves very quickly in football. Barely a month ago, Jean-Louis Gasset suffered a humiliating defeat with Ivory Coast at the CAN, against Equatorial Guinea (0-4). A setback which precipitated the departure of the Istrian technician, with the happy ending that we know for the Elephants, crowned African champions a few weeks later. And now the person concerned is preparing to return to service, on one of the most popular benches in Ligue 1.
OM beaten in numerical superiority on Sunday evening in Brest (1-0) – and now far from the European places – Gennaro Gattuso and his staff were asked to pack their bags this Monday morning by the Marseille management. And President Longoria has already found the Italian strategist’s successor in the person of Jean-Louis Gasset, the former lieutenant of Laurent Blanc.
The “ideal” profile given the circumstances
“ Internally, we insist on his “ideal” profile: he speaks French and would accept a very short contract (there are three months of competition left this season). We also estimate that he would be able to wake up a locker room in distress on a psychological level and with a flat encephalogram on the pitch. », notes La Provence, which specifies that only “ some details to settle to confirm the agreement “.
Jean-Louis Gasset, 70, will therefore be in charge of the Olympians from Thursday at the Vélodrome for the Europa League return play-off against Shakhtar Donetsk (2-2 in the first leg). He previously worked in Marseille in a transition staff, in 1994, after the administrative relegation of the club. He will be OM’s fourth coach this season after Marcelino, Pancho Abardonado and Gennaro Gattuso who did not last five months.
