Olympique de Marseille is experiencing a nightmarish end to the season. While it seemed destined for the Ligue 1 podium, the Olympian club now has no other objective than to grab a folding seat for the Europa Conference League. With only one point taken in their last three matches, OM are in 7th placee place in Ligue 1.
But even more than the raw results, it is the services delivered by Habib Beye’s men which do not pass. Among the supporters and among the leaders. According to Daniel Riolo, Franck McCourt and Medhi Benatia are also behind the confinement at the Commanderie imposed on the players since Sunday.
“Frank McCourt is very, very angry. He also campaigns for the confinement of players, he confided to the microphone of RMC.
This decision does not satisfy Habib Beye, who is not for it, because he knows that the group is not following in any case. In a group, it only takes three who don’t play and it’s over, it’s dead. »
“Medhi Benatia lost her temper”
“So McCourt is for confinement, I don’t know how to say it but it’s like revenge against the players. We’re going to make you pay for it, basically. You are paid huge salaries, what you are doing is absolutely shameful, we are going to make you pay,” continued the After Foot presenter.
“It is also the line of Medhi Benatia, he continued. He is someone who has a strong character. He is very respected in the world of football for what he did as a player and the character he had. It worked for him afterwards, even when he was an agent. As a manager and sports director, we discovered it. He has a method that can work when he gets behind him. Now, if there are any snags, it’s not a soft one. We can like it or not like it. »
“If it goes well, I think Medhi Benatia can be extraordinary, because he can bring people with him, he has a network to bring people, but if it doesn’t work, given his character, and that’s what happened in my opinion, he lost his temper, especially with certain players like Greenwood, where he is in direct contact, he added about the former Bavarian. Such an unworthy attitude, I think he can’t stand it. I’m not sure he’s making the right decision, but I know why he does it, it’s because he thinks the guys are so shameful… In today’s football, no one can imagine that locking the guys up for a week, two weeks or doing an internship is how it works. We all know it doesn’t work like that. But he’s in the idea: ‘I want to make them pay.’ »
