OM comes out of silence for Marcelino

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By: Manu Tournoux

Olympique de Marseille announced the departure of its coach, Marcelino. A consequence of the tense meeting between leaders and supporters on Monday.

It’s official for Marcelino. While the departure of the Spanish coach was announced since the stormy meeting between club leaders and supporters on Monday evening, Olympique de Marseille confirmed the news this Wednesday in a press release.

“In continuation of the press release published yesterday evening regarding the management team, Olympique de Marseille considers that the events of September 18 do not allow Marcelino and his technical staff to exercise the function in good conditions for which they were hired. As a result of this deplorable situation, Marcelino and his staff will not continue their mission at Olympique de Marseille. explains the club in a press release.

“Given the context, the entire club is extremely disappointed to have to face the departure of a coach and technical staff, who only arrived in Marseille on June 23 and fully committed to the club, for extra-ordinary reasons. sports“, adds OM.
Marcelino only managed five Ligue 1 matches with OM, for two wins and three draws. We must add the elimination against Panathinaikos in the preliminary round of the Champions League, but the Olympians club is careful to specify that the departure of the Spanish coach is not linked to sporting reasons. OM has not communicated the identity of Marcelino’s successor, nor specified who will take over on Thursday evening in Amsterdam in the Europa League.

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