OM and Zerbi no longer laugh

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By: Manu Tournoux

Roberto de Zerbi confirmed an important fact in his history with OM. The Italian coach is already working on next season.

There was something to be wary of, right? When Pablo Longoria announced at the start of the season a stability plan over three years, we did not have to believe it when OM had become the most agitated French club in recent years with trainers changed each season. It seems that the words of the president of the Marseille club were not thrown into the air.

By recruiting Roberto de Zerbi, the Provençal club may have found the right horse. The one that will allow OM to finish regularly in the head of Ligue 1 and to qualify for the Champions League. The mission of the “Champions Project” announced by Frank McCourt, the American owner, upon his arrival in the fall of 2016.

In search of goosebumps

The former Brighton is in any case in tune with this new “business plan”, involved in the depths of his soul. “” With Mehdi Benatia (the director of football),
We are already thinking about the following years “Said Zerbi, quoted by The PhocaeanFriday in front of the media on the eve of
Cardboard made against Saint-Etienne (5-1, 22nd day of Ligue 1).

The Olympian coach took advantage of this press conference to reaffirm his attachment to Marseille: ” I wanted an environment that made me dream and that gives me goosebumps. The city, the club, is very similar to myself. »»

PSG too far. For the moment?

After the victory against ASSE, OM has kept six points ahead in the classification on AS Monaco which has also enjoyed it by dominating the
FC Nantes (7-1). PSG, leader, had resumed 10 lengths ahead of Captain Leonardo Balerdi and his Marseille teammates, thanks to the court
Success in Toulouse (0-1).