Jean-Pierre Papin is a real legend of Olympique de Marseille. If he was in the camp opposite during the coronation of the sky and white in the final of the Champions League, the native of Boulogne-sur-Mer is one of the best symbols of the years Tapie and remains the only French player to have won the Ballon d'Or with a club in France.
Returning to OM in 2023 as reserve coach, JPP lives much more complicated hours. As a result of his conflict with Ali Zarrak, responsible for the Pro 2 of the Marseille club, accused by the former attacker to get too involved in sports choices, team compositions to playing time delivered to players.
But to believe the journalist Romain Molina, Jean-Pierre Papin is not free from all reproaches. On the contrary.
“Today, if you want to set up a project with more requirement and despite all the respect I have for him, you cannot do it with Jean-Pierre Papin who, sometimes, sits on his cooler to play his phone during training”he entrusted in a video broadcast on YouTube.
Jean-Pierre Poil in the jacuzzi with the pros,
“At one point, there are rules. If you are told that you cannot go naked in the jacuzzi with the pros, that you cannot come with the jersey of another team because we prohibit young people (it was the Montpellier jersey in this case) …, he continued. For the trip to Lens, there is an appointment at 8:45 am, arrived at 9:15 am, they almost missed the train … He said once there was a medical appointment for his family when he was drinking champagne in lodges for an event billed by his image box. »»
And Ali Zarrak is not the only one with which Jean-Pierre Papin has held henulous relations. “When he saw Gattuso arrive, he gave an interview to an Italian media to say that the attackers did not work enough. Gattuso farted a lead ”, He added, ensuring that the former OM striker was willing to go on the condition of receiving a nice check. “There were discussions for a departure from Papin. He had a proposal from Martigues but he wanted him to compensate, several hundred thousand euros, about € 600,000. It was his condition to leave the club. He didn't get it so he stayed … “, he explained.
