Loaned this season by Inter Milan to Olympique de Marseille, Benjamin Pavard has not convinced anyone at Ciel et Blanc. Although a purchase option had been added to the contract, it was not exercised and the defender returned to Italy, not without posting a farewell message to Marseille supporters. A message that caused a reaction.
“I leave with a lot of emotions, lessons and the memory of a locker room that remained united until the end. Thank you to the club, the staff, my teammates and all those who have been behind us this season. » It is in particular with these few words that the 2018 world champion turned the page in Marseille. The tone of the publication annoyed Sébastien Tarrago.
The journalist was present on the L’Equipe channel on Monday and gave his opinion, which was, to say the least, clear-cut. “That’s what’s unbearable about football. That is to say, he doesn’t think a word about it. In any case, 90% of what he says, he doesn’t mean a word. But we must say thank you to football, thank you to the club, thank you to the managers. »
Benjamin Pavard not at the expected level
And the observer continues, always evoking the sincerity of the player: “Maybe he’s sincere about his teammates, I don’t know, but it’s unbearable. It’s like players who don’t celebrate their goals even though they’ve spent a year at a club. »
One year, and even a little less, is the time that Benjamin Pavard will have spent at OM. Thirty-eight matches, in all competitions, for one goal and two assists. But above all, high-level experience that he failed to bring to help the Phocaeans do better than fifth place in the standings. He is obviously not the only one responsible in this story.
