In total rout, with four small points collected out of 18 possible over the last six days of the championship, OM will not achieve their ultimate goal of a podium – and will have to pull themselves together in Le Havre and against Rennes at the Vélodrome these next two weeks to hope to end the season with European status. But certainly not in the Champions League.
The failure thus noted, the Olympian house at this time continues to burn, with a new coach – Habib Beye – already in the hot seat, a new president – ​​Stéphane Richard – not yet at the helm and a sports director – Medhi Benatia – on the departure. An electric atmosphere which is not without consequences for the professional workforce.
According to L’Equipe, it is already certain that Himad Abdelli will not play again for the season. Left out of the group for the trip to Nantes after an entry into play considered disastrous against Nice a week earlier, the former Angevin would have experienced a muscular altercation with his coach at the end of this match against the Aiglons, not supporting Habib Beye’s reproaches.
End of season for Traoré
Another certainty for the home stretch of this chaotic 2025-2026 exercise: OM will no longer be able to rely on Hamed Traoré Junior. Out injured on Saturday at Beaujoire, the Ivorian winger suffers from a right adductor injury and will have to undergo several weeks of convalescence. Remember that the player who arrived last summer on loan from Bournemouth is now part of the Marseille squad – an automatic purchase option having recently been exercised for around 7.5 million euros, with a contract running until June 2030.
The trip to Normandy next Sunday to face the HAC promises to be tense for the Phocaeans who this Monday entered a new phase of going green at the Commanderie. After the Nantes shipwreck, Habib Beye did not hide his distress: “ For me, there is no analysis, because there was no match on our part. Today we were empty. (…) We didn’t show anything on the mental aspect. This is unacceptable and difficult to explain given the work carried out during the week. I could have taken out 80 or 90% of the team at half-time… »
