“El Loco” hit Marcelo Bielsa himself coolly announced his resignation as coach of Olympique Marseille for a sore disagreement explained with management, Saturday after the defeat against Caen (1-0).
He refused to go into details of the disagreement with management, only suggesting a last-minute change in a contract which agreement had been reached after two months of negotiations.
His interpreter read the resignation letter handed to the President of OM, Vincent Labrune. “We had reached an agreement to an extension in 2016-2017, it only needed the signature, since early July we work” , it is written.
Bielsa said Wednesday he met the Director General Philippe Pérez and Igor Levin, counsel for the owner Margarita Louis Dreyfus. “They wanted to change the contract,” says the Argentine, which ensures that its position is “final. Public work requires a minimum of confidence that we have not “.
” Even though I think you do not want, what happened rises your authority, I think that you are not ignorant, “, added Bielsa at its president.
The previous summer, he had already hit hard shortly after its competitive debut criticizing the broken promises by Labrune in recruitment. This time, Bielsa ensures that recruitment was made by consensus, and it does not go to join another formation. He even refused a salary multiplied by three to stay in Marseille this summer.
Fourth last season, OM had to rejuvenate its workforce a bit this summer, losing frames (Gignac, Ayew, Payet ) and recruiting young people (Sarr, Rekik) or private football players for a year (Lassana Diarra) or two (Abou Diaby).
Players “shocked”
“We learned at the same time you” , told Florian Thauvin. “We are all shocked, it’s a big disappointment. We have not seen Bielsa, but we had a discussion in the locker room with the president who reassured us, we will not stay on it, there is a season to do. “
The Marseille captain Steve Mandanda, spoke on Canal + “big hammer blow” . “There was a lot of disappointment, he has advanced nearly all of the group, said the goalkeeper. The delicate side is that there are players who came to him. We, we were fine with it, with a good game background compared to other seasons … He made a decision, we must accept it. “
The Guardian said that for the next game in Reims, the team would be driven by an assistant of Bielsa, Franck Passi.
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