Several factors can justify the crisis currently shaking OM. In particular the mentality of certain players making up the Marseille club squad.
To try to get out of the crisis in which Olympique de Marseille is stuck, the leaders have chosen to call on Jean-Louis Gasset. The 70-year-old technician will not have an easy task, starting with the return play-off of the Europa League, against the Ukrainians of Shakhtar Donetsk, Thursday evening at the Stade Vélodrome.
Like Samir Nasri, David Ginola does not think that the Marseille club suffers from a staffing problem. “It’s obviously a locker room problem. When we see the squad, it is quality. We hear the words of Paul Lopez who uses words that are not kind towards his teammates, towards himself, because I think it is an awareness. When you play for Olympique de Marseille and you sign for this club, you can be the best player in the world, but all these qualities can be canceled just because you are in this club.noted the former PSG striker, on Canal+, on the sidelines of Tuesday’s Champions League evening.
A recruitment policy to review
“We do not sign players in Marseille who are not mentally capable of adapting to the city of Marseille, to the Marseille public, to the Marseille pressure. We don’t play in Marseille like we do in Metz, Lyon, Bordeaux. It’s completely different. In terms of recruitment policy, Benatia and Longoria must take players who are made for Marseille”continues the man who nicknamed himself “El Magnifico”.
Presented to the press on Tuesday, Jean-Louis Gasset will therefore try to continue the Marseille adventure in the Europa League as far as possible. Concerning the championship, OM can still mathematically hope to secure a European place, eight units behind fifth place, currently occupied by AS Monaco.
