Marcelo Bielsa only coached Olympique de Marseille for one season, during the 2014-2015 financial year. Maxime Lopez was not yet an adult.
However, the “minot” had the opportunity to meet the Argentinian technician during his training in the Marseille city.
“I don’t have good memories of him. When I met him I was 16 and I don’t think he really liked my style of play.”he confided during the show Detective Mathoux
on Canal+.
The Paris FC player expected a better relationship with “El Loco”. “He was a great coach but there was never a connection between him and mehe assures. I had just signed my first professional contract and thought I could play for the team straight away. This was not the case. It was still a useful lesson for the future. »
Bielsa, the Marseillais loved him so much…
Worse, Maxime Lopez was totally ignored by the man who was the coach of Chile. “Honestly, I don’t even know if he greeted me. Did he shake my hand? I don’t think so. We had no interaction”regretted the 27-year-old midfielder.
As a reminder, Marcelo Bielsa resigned from his position as coach in August 2015, when his team had just lost to Caen on the first day of Ligue 1. Although he did not win a title with OM, the Argentinian is often considered as a coach who made his troops play well.
