At OM, we finally know the identity of the coach! Indeed, the Marseille management announced the arrival of Marcelino this Friday evening.
After weeks of rumors and failures on the transfer market, OM finally have their coach with Marcelino. The former Valencia or Villarreal coach will have the difficult task of taking up the torch after a landmark year under the Igor Tudor era. The Spanish coach will therefore have to take his marks and start working hand in hand with Pablo Longoria on the OM transfer window. The two men, very good friends in life, should have no trouble getting along. Not necessarily a situation that pleases everyone on the side of fans and observers of the Marseille club. Jonatan MacHardy will not say otherwise…
Marcelino and Longoria, big doubts remain
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On the antennaRMCthe consultant did not speak in a jargon on the subject, having serious doubts about the professional added value of the Longoria-Marcelino duo. “I have always praised the work of Pablo Longoria, he restored the health of the club and qualified OM twice in a row for the Champions League. But Longoria, he has mad genius syndrome. He is obsessed with football but needs safeguards, capable of not saying yes to everything. It was the setting for Longoria and his madness to do good for the club. What may worry me is that the coach that Pablo Longoria has chosen is his friend and he will say yes to everything. I’m afraid his genius side overflows a little bit. Sampaoli leaves because of recruitment. Tudor is leaving because of, I think, a sense of wear and tear in his working relationship with Longoria. Longoria resigns from Valencia when Marcelino is fired. They are friends and that worries me a little bit., said Jonatan MacHardy, curious to see what this Longoria-Marcelino association will give to OM. The Marseille club will have to be ready very quickly next season with Champions League play-offs to be played in August.