Five defeats on its last seven games, the last conceded on Saturday in Monaco (3-0) on Saturday, the recent balance sheet of Olympique de Marseille to disaster. Even if the Marseille club is still in the nails for a place in the Champions League next season, the crisis is running. In the middle of all this, Roberto de Zerbi is pointed out by several observers. Italian management is talking and some even thinks that he could leave Marseille much earlier than expected.
When he arrived last summer, the former coach of Brighton had been appointed to carry out a project over three years, according to President Pablo Longoria. Less than a year later, the site seems much more complicated than expected and of Zerbi does not seem to have found all the keys to carry it out. On Saturday on the set of the team, Dave Appadoo delivered his feeling on the subject.
“I have the impression that De Zerbi has never really arrived in Marseille. »» For the journalist, something has never started between the tactician and OM.
“When (Igor) Tudor was one with his team and the club, even if it was only a year, I find that the team looked like him. From Zerbi, I never had the impression that the team was doing what asked him. »» An alleged lack of identity for the team trained by the former coach of Sassuolo.
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A feeling shared in his own way by Vincent Duluc:
“I would not say that I feel that he did not arrive, I would rather say that I feel that he is soon gone. It's a little different. Indeed, it does not have the impression that it is there for five years. Anyway, he has never spent five years nowhere so there is no reason there is long. »»
While AC Milan already seems eager to separate from Sergio Conceiçao, La Gazzetta dello Sport revealed this week that the name of Roberto de Zerbi was present on the short-list of the Milanese management. And Vincent Duluc to conclude: “I think that if he has the choice between Milan and OM, he will quickly find that OM players are not good enough and that this is not possible. »» The story between Italian and Marseille could well end in sausage water in a few months.
