Marcelino reveals his truths about OM

Everyone has their own version in Marseille. Like Pablo Longoria, interviewed at length in the columns of Provenceor leaders of supporters groups, who turned to AFP to discuss their role in the crisis experienced by OM, Marcelino released a press release to give his version of the facts and point the finger at the threats made by supporter groups against leaders.

“After the official press release published by Olympique de Marseille and in which is detailed the seriousness of the facts that occurred on Monday September 18, when the representatives of the supporters groups demanded from the President and his management committee their resignation, with personal threats going as far as possible consequences on their physical and moral integrity in the event that they refuse to relinquish their responsibilities, this technical staff that I lead wishes to communicate the following”, said the Spanish technician, just a few hours after his resignation was made official.

“Today’s unstable situation clearly indicates that the sports project for which we were recruited cannot be carried out, he continued. The desire for intimidation and the individual attacks of which the president and his steering committee were the target on Monday, while the championship is only in its 5th day, suggest an uncertain future during which working conditions will not be are not the most appropriate to practice our profession with safety and in the normality usually inherent in a football club. »

“The withdrawal of the president and his steering committee due to the serious threats, insults and slander they received, added to the climate of high tension which arrived in this two-month period, all this despite the professionalism and the involvement of the technical staff, means that our retention at OM becomes impossible”concluded the former Valencia coach before thanking the players and employees of the club.