Olympique de Marseille’s Search for a New Coach: Gennaro Gattuso Emerges as Favorite

2023-09-27 07:53:08

Marseille (AFP) – Olympique de Marseille, in search of a new coach, has made Italian Gennaro Gattuso its favorite, we learned from sources with knowledge of the matter, confirming information from the specialized Foot site Mercato.

Published on: 09/27/2023 – 09:53

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To replace the Spaniard Marcelino, who resigned following a very stormy meeting between management and groups of Marseille supporters on Monday September 18, Gattuso would be the preference of decision-makers.

Contacts between OM and the former midfielder-turned-coach, who worked at AC Milan and Naples in particular, are well advanced, according to sources close to the matter.

Accustomed to big clubs and high-pressure environments, the 45-year-old Italian has assets that can please Marseille leaders, starting with president Pablo Longoria, in the midst of an Olympian crisis.

Longoria announced last Friday that he remained in office and that he would file a complaint following threats from certain supporters group leaders during the September 18 meeting.

He has since started looking for a new coach, with Pancho Abardonado taking over as interim coach. And it is Gattuso, who had been courted by Lyon before being overtaken by his compatriot Fabio Grosso, who would be seen as the ideal candidate.

If he is appointed, he will have to revive a team 8th in Ligue 1, which has just lost 4-0 once morest PSG at the Parc des Princes and travels to Monaco on Saturday evening for a new shock.

An emblematic player for Milan in the 2000s, the 2006 world champion also coached the Rossoneri between 2017 and 2019, without experiencing the same success.

His only major trophy as coach, he obtained with Napoli (2019-2021): an Italian Cup in 2020.

Short-lived coach of Fiorentina, his last experience on the bench lasted only six months in Valencia (2022-January 2023), in Spain.

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