The former Algeria coach would have an ideal profile to succeed Jean-Louis Gasset on the OM bench.
At the end of the season, Jean-Louis Gasset will no longer be the coach of Olympique de Marseille, barring a cataclysm. The leaders of the Marseille club are working hard to find a successor. Paulo Fonseca, the Portuguese coach of LOSC, would be the preferred track for them. Franck Haise and Sérgio Conceição are also targeted profiles.
Jérôme Rothen even suggests the name of a fourth technician. “There is another who did very good things with Algeria a few years ago, it is Djamel Belmadi, who played for OM and who is attached to it. He was criticized with the CAN but maybe he wants to take over a club. In a project like that, maybe you don’t need to sell him on a major roster shake-up.”, declared the sports consultant on RMC. The former midfielder played 76 matches for OM during his playing career.
“You need a strong trainer”
And the former Paris Saint-Germain attacking midfielder continued: “You need a strong coach, who has personality and who will be able to say ‘shit’ to the media or the supporters when they put pressure on him. But that’s not given to everyone. Conceição, I think he is not afraid of anyone. »
During six years at the head of the Fennecs, Belmadi experienced varying fortunes. Success first of all, with a victory at the African Cup of Nations in 2019. Then bitter failures, with two eliminations during the group stages of this same competition (2021 and 2024) and a non-qualification for the 2022 World Cup.
