Jonathan Clauss must have had ringing ears these last few days. We don’t know if he expected it or not, but the right back of Olympique de Marseille saw the club’s sports advisor, Mehdi Benatia, give him very bad publicity on Sunday.
In an interview with Samir Nasri for Canal Football Club, the former Juventus and Bayern Munich defender spoke about the situation of the French international and the turmoil which surrounded his case in the last moments before the transfer window deadline. ‘winter. Rather than kicking into touch, Benatia delivered her version. And it doesn’t exactly look good on Clauss.
The staff were angry with him for leaving
“When I arrived, I was warned about 2-3 players whose behavior was a little borderline. Jonathan was one of them. I know that he had been received several times in the coach’s office to explain to him what was expected of him in terms of attitude, as a leader and French international. We thought the message had gotten through. Unfortunately, he wasn’t. We arrive at the match against Monaco where he asks for a change. In such an important match, we had to tell him to grit his teeth. This is not the time when you can let go of us. We had 10 or 12 players absent and we learned later that it was just a blow. Not all the staff were happy. If the player wants something else and it’s better, we listen to them. There were no offers, so he is playing and we will see at the end of the season what happens. Since this affair, the state of mind is a little better…”
In the columns of L’Equipe, Jonathan Clauss’ entourage had mentioned pressure and threats on the player to push him to leave the club before the market closed. No matter who is right, the former Lensois is too important a player for OM to do without his services. For the atmosphere until the end of the season, however, we will come back…
