New coach of Olympique de Marseille, Jean-Louis Gasset saw Jérôme Rothen point out his old age.
Jean-Louis Gasset will experience a burning baptism. Just two days after his appointment as head of Olympique de Marseille to replace Gennaro Gattuso, the former Bordeaux player will be on the Marseille bench this Thursday evening to face Shakhtar Donestk in the second leg of the Europa League play-offs.
His experience will not be too much but for Jérôme Rothen, Jean-Louis Gasset, at 70 years old, is too old. “ When I talk about his age, 70 years old, the statistics say it, it’s rare. It will be the 3rd in Ligue 1. Through this choice, OM acknowledges that the season is dead. Papin, we don’t know why, he is not at the level and you have more certainties with someone who is 70 years old. I’m not saying he’s burnt out, but a little tired.”launched the former midfielder.
The RMC consultant also pointed to his record as head coach. “In addition, he does not come to be a coach, but a mental trainer. We will have to tell him that it is not Ghislain Printant who is going to set things up. When Gasset is number one, he experiences failures. It has a negative ratio, he asserted. He didn’t have success when he was younger, are you going to tell me that he will have it at 70? After a slap at the African Cup? Are you going to tell me that he has the mental freshness to allow OM to compete with the best teams? »
