At the end of Marseille’s resounding victory at Clermont (1-5), Saturday evening in Ligue 1, Jean-Louis Gasset praised Jonathan Clauss.
Times are changing in Marseille. In a negative spiral under the leadership of Gennaro Gattuso, OM has regained color with Jean-Louis Gasset at the helm. After starting his mission on the Olympian bench with two successes in a row (all competitions combined), the 70-year-old technician managed the pass of three on Saturday evening, on the Clermont field (1-5), on behalf of the 24th day of Ligue 1.
Under fire from criticism for several weeks, Jonathan Clauss is reborn in the image of his team under the orders of Jean-Louis Gasset. Scorer against Clermontois, the French international delivered a successful performance, both offensively and defensively. A performance praised by the old coach of the Ivory Coast, rave about his right side.
“Jonathan is in the two or three best French full-backs”
“I said it yesterday (Friday) at a press conference: Jonathan is in the two or three best French full-backs, whether we play with four or five at the back. He knows how to attack when we play with five, he knows how to defend when we play with four. He has an extraordinary physique. I find it very strong”declared the Marseille coach in a post-match press conference.
As a reminder, Jonathan Clauss was criticized for a lack of investment as well as behaviors judged ” boundaries “ by its leaders. “I arrived in November. I was warned about players whose behavior was sometimes borderline. Jonathan (Clauss) was one of those players”Mehdi Benatia, advisor to Pablo Longoria, recently told Canal+, and added: “We had a problem, but he’s back. He has a contract for another year and a half. We didn’t want to take him out for the sake of taking him out, that’s not it at all, we noted that he wasn’t playing at his level, he was received several times by the coach about behavioral problems, he knows why. »
