While Zinédine Zidane would have agreed to take charge of OM, the French technician could benefit from an XXL envelope for recruitment.
It’s a sweet dream that could come true, in the near future… or not. Zinédine Zidane has reportedly agreed to become coach of Olympique de Marseille. France Bleu Provence indicates this Thursday that the French technician would be seduced by the idea of taking control of the club from his hometown, but on the sole condition that OM is bought by Saudi Arabia.
Free since his departure from Real Madrid in 2021, Zidane would have negotiated directly with the Saudis to draw up the broad outlines of the project. And this one would be very ambitious. Attached to OM, the former playmaker of the France team, who never represented the club during his playing career, would like to put Marseille back in the elite of European football. Zidane would also imagine himself in the shoes of a general manager with total influence on the club’s sporting policy.
Zidane wants to bring OM back to the top! An XXL envelope for the transfer window
To satisfy this exceptional ambition, the potential buyers of Olympique de Marseille should pull out all the stops. With a view to building “the Newcastle of France”, Saudi Arabia would not go in all directions, like what it achieved with the club from the north of England. But Zidane would benefit from very substantial resources to upgrade quickly the workforce since it would be guaranteed to benefit from an envelope of 300 million euros for the transfer window.
One fantasy leading to another, all these elements will once again revive the eternal soap opera of a sale of Olympique de Marseille to Saudi Arabia.
