The press release published by Olympique de Marseille on the night of Tuesday to Wednesday marked the end of Roberto De Zerbi’s adventure as coach of the club. Shaken by the elimination of his team in the first round of the Champions League, then by the slap inflicted by PSG in the championship, the Transalpine understood that he had to turn the page. His European elimination will most likely mark him.
This theory was at least exposed this Thursday by Mathieu Grégoire. Daily follower of the Marseille club
The Teamthe journalist participated in a podcast from his media about this famous departure of Roberto De Zerbi. The opportunity for him to return to the Italian’s choice to come to OM, and to his personal ambitions directly linked to the C1.
“Roberto De Zerbi came to OM with enormous ambitions. He had coached at Shakhtar, Sassuolo and Brighton, intermediate-sized clubs. There, it was the first time that he touched a big club, at least in terms of notoriety, popularity, but also with resources which are in the European Top 20. »
Assets that the coach hoped to take advantage of, according to the observer. “He wanted to use OM to assert his ambitions, to show all the real big European clubs, Bayern, Barça, Liverpool, that he could coach a club with great players in a strong emotional and passionate context. That’s what he really wanted to show to OM. The defeat in Bruges was a real blow for him in terms of image and reputation. He played a lot in the Champions League. »
Roberto De Zerbi misses the European boat
Having already experienced European failure with Shakhtar during the 2021-2022 season, Roberto De Zerbi has once again failed in the face of this objective. Then, the defeat in the “Classic” last Sunday against PSG was the last straw, which pushed him to go see his management to provoke discussions around his situation. Ensuring that his deputies would receive all of their final months of salary, he decided not to ask for compensation for his third and final year of contract.
Now free, Roberto De Zerbi will now be able to find a new challenge. While a place became available at the same time at Tottenham, he could therefore return to coach in England. Joining Spurs would, however, mean not playing in the Champions League next season, with the Londoners being adrift in the Premier League standings (16th, 15 points behind Europe).
