Arriving during last season, Mehdi Benatia became an important character within theMarseille Olympic. The president’s advisor Pablo Longoria has tapped his network to finalize important signings, including that of coach Roberto De Zerbi last summer. One of his greatest prides.
“I am proud of De Zerbi because it is the first big stone of the project”, enthused the former central defender, before discussing his relationship with the president. “And I am proud of my relationship with President Pablo Longoria. “He understood who I was, he knows he can trust me. He understood that I am there for him. He knows that this club is dear to me. My mom, my dad come to watch the matches. I couldn’t play at the Stade Vélodrome but today I’m trying to help him differently, and I’m going to give 100%. »
Benatia takes stock of her time at OM
The opportunity for Mehdi Benatia to take stock of his experience as leader of OM. “I arrived, it was one evening in Strasbourg… We had to change coaches. On arrival we made the semi-final of the European Cup which was still magnificent. I’ve been here for a year, it’s a little too early to judge. We will see at the end of the year where we are. »
“ What I am relatively proud of is having created a coach like De Zerbi in Marseille, without a European Cup in addition. When you do a Pierre-Emile Højbjerg, we are proud, Adrien Rabiot no one believed it either”added Mehdi Benatia.
