Olympique de Marseille has been in disarray since Tuesday, with rumors of resignations among the staff and management. The situation worries some observers.
The last twenty-four hours have been particularly eventful for Olympique de Marseille. After the disclosure of Marcelino’s desire to leave his position as coach, it was a somewhat stormy meeting between the supporters and the management which led, according to The Team, president Pablo Longoria and some of his collaborators to consider an outright departure from the club. If things seem to have calmed down somewhat, the balance still seems very precarious.
If Marcelino is still announced as leaving by certain media who have put forward the name of Jacques Abardonado to take over as interim, Pablo Longoria would ultimately have chosen to stay in post, while his right-hand man, Javier Ribalta, remains much less sure of his future in Marseille. In any case, everyone has withdrawn until further notice. Whatever the case, the episode raises questions and for Bertrand Latour, OM will inevitably emerge weakened. This is what he explained on the set of the channel The Team.
“We know that in Marseille, everything is possible”
“ We know that in Marseille, everything is possible. (Marcelo) Bielsa resigned after a championship match and a defeat at the Vélodrome against Caen. We know that if there is one club in France where anything can happen, it’s OM. » And the journalist notes that what is currently happening is “ very surprising“. And even if temporary calm has returned, the outcome does not reassure the journalist.
“ Marseille will not emerge unscathed from this story and it calls into question many things concerning the coming season, knowing that in addition, the schedule which awaits Marseille is extremely delicate (…). Knowing that it is already a crisis as it stands, in two weeks it could be a fire. » The Marseille calendar is indeed complicated since, after hosting Ajax Amsterdam on Thursday evening in the Europa League, OM will travel to Paris then to Monaco in the championship, before welcoming a Brighton team in great form, for its second European release.
