Hailed for his work over the past year, Mehdi Benatia sees his influence growingMarseille Olympic. Advisor to President Pablo Longoria, with whom he maintains excellent relations, the former Moroccan international defender should be promoted to the position of sporting director.
It was Longoria himself who spoke this week to confirm this future appointment. Discussions between the two parties are positive. A solution should be found soon.
“He has all the assets to become one of the best managers in Europe in the sporting sector”
“We hope to finalize negotiations with him because we are all on the same wavelength. It is an obligation for us to keep it, explained Pablo Longoria. He has all the assets to become one of the best sports leaders in Europe. He listens, he seeks to improve every day, asks for advice to resolve situations.”
“When he was a player, he already behaved like a leader, continued the president of OM. At Juventus, Fabio (Paratici, the former Turin sports director, Editor’s note) said that he acted as the head of recruitment. His curiosity underlines his ability to progress. He is young, he has ideas, ambitions, very important emotional intelligence when negotiating. Medhi behaves like a leader, but as a former captain of the teams in which he played, he continues to get into the heads of the players,” he concluded.
