Last minute package for OM-Nantes, due to pain behind a knee, Jonathan Clauss has “nothing serious”, says Jean-Louis Gasset.
We can’t stop OM! Since the arrival of Jean-Louis Gasset on the Olympian bench, Marseille has had a string of good performances. So his record so far has been almost perfect: five matches, five victories, 18 goals scored against only 3 conceded. A revival illustrated by the sparkling form of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, author of 8 goals since the change of coach including a new double scored Sunday evening against Nantes (2-0).
The only downside: the absence of Jonathan Clauss. Exited at the hour mark against Villarreal (4-0), last Thursday in the Europa League, the Marseille right-back was expected to start against the Canaries but finally settled in the stands due to pain behind a knee . Should we be worried about the French international? “There is a small image on the ultrasound, but it’s not serious”indicated Jean-Louis Gasset after the meeting.
” It’s nothing serious “
“I think he needed two or three days of rest, he added at a press conference. In the European Cup, I took him out fifteen minutes from the end because he didn’t have to sprint too much or take the corner too many times. The tests tell us there is nothing serious. But as he is the only full-back in the club… Every time he is not there, we are forced to invent a strategy to deal with that, without having specialists. Eventually, it will show. »
Still, under Jean-Louis Gasset, Jonathan Clauss seems to have regained his indisputable status among Ciel et Blanc. While he was publicly criticized in February by Medhi Benatia, who spoke of his “behavioral problems”the former Lensois is no longer a problem at OM. “The chapter must be considered closed”indicated President Pablo Longoria in the daily A.S. last week.
