Jonathan Clauss' Marseille adventure ended badly. In the summer of 2024, after two seasons in Ciel et Blanc, the former Lensois was invited to leave OM. Direction Nice where the person concerned will have been able to reconnect with his former coach at Sang et Or, Franck Haise. At the time, the gradual sidelining of the French international could have caused emotion here and there. So much so that the Marseille management had to justify it.
“ What happened with Clauss? It's very simple. When I arrived, I was warned about two or three players whose behavior was borderline. Jonathan is one of these players », Says sports director Medhi Benatia, from February 2024, as part of an interview with Canal Football Club. And to add: “ When he comes out and we learn that it was just a stunt, not all the staff are happy. We say to ourselves that the player wants to leave “.
The break between OM and Jonathan Clauss will then be complete, and the full-back will leave Marseille unsurprisingly a few months later. “ I never felt like I was a problematic person, because those were the words he used too.he will defend himself as soon as he settles into the Gym. We were in an ultra-complicated period in terms of football. We changed coaches, we changed a lot of things. In the locker room, there was a lot of discussion. We were all trying to give our opinion. Maybe we didn't do it in the best way. But we were in turmoil. It was poorly received, it’s a shame… »
Haise very upset with Clauss
About fifteen months after his transfer from Marseille to Nice, however, a new Clauss affair broke out among the Aiglons. Victim of a hyperextension of a knee since Sunday, the person concerned finds himself forfeited for the reception of Losc this Wednesday evening as part of the 10e day of Ligue 1. “ Yesterday (Monday), there wasn't much, it didn't even require in-depth examinations. What is certain is that if he is absent for several weeks, it is not because of the knee », Annoyed Franck Haise on Tuesday at a press conference.
“ There are things that come out that don't leave our house, that bothers me », Breathes the Riviera strategist, very upset by certain leaks in the media. According to L'Equipe, in the ranks of the OGCN, there are questions about the attitude of the captain of the Aiglons in the absence of Dante. “ Internally, this situation suggests that Clauss has perhaps not completely digested having been retained by his management during the last transfer window and that the possibility of an automatic one-year extension, after around twenty appearances, could have an impact. »
