Between OM and Paulo Fonseca, it is a long-standing story which is far from having found its epilogue. Already in 2023, the Portuguese technician from LOSC was close to joining Canebière, but had been retained by Olivier Letang and by his contract ending in June 2024. Today free to join the club of his choice, Fonseca, which makes wonders at LOSC with a very limited workforce, no shortage of courtiers.
Obviously, Marseille has made it its priority for this summer to replace interim Jean-Louis Gasset. The name of Fonseca had also been mentioned in February, but here too, the contract linking the Portuguese technician to LOSC had blocked any possibility of a concrete rapprochement. If OM is ready to double his current salary from LOSC, this may not be enough to finalize the union of the two parties.
West Ham love Paulo Fonseca
Because the performances of the Mastiffs in Ligue 1, but also in the Conference League with a squad far from being the strongest in France, have caught the eye of many European clubs. If AC Milan keeps an eye on him, he is not a priority in the eyes of the Lombard club and Zlatan Ibrahimovic who is personally managing the file and who is eyeing Mark van Bommel as we revealed to you. We must rather look towards England to see a danger for Marseille and more particularly towards London. According to our information, the West Ham club particularly appreciates the former coach of Porto, Shakhtar Donetsk and AS Roma who has only lost 8 times in 45 matches in all competitions this season with Lille (i.e. a ratio of 1.80 points taken per match on average).
Current coach David Moyes is not at all sure he will continue at the end of his contract at the end of the season. If the London club had submitted a contract proposal to him in February to extend his lease, the elimination of the Hammers in the European Cup against Bayer Leverkusen as well as the fall of the club in the Premier League (8th in the championship with only one victory in of the last 7 matches) clearly suggest an end to the adventure for the 60-year-old Scottish technician. After targeting Ruben Amorim and Julen Lopetegui, president David Sullivan and technical director Tim Steidten are seriously considering a Paulo Fonseca focus on the end of the LOSC season but who now has a good chance of leaving the North by month of June…
