The lie of Bielsa – Sports.fr

To believe the Parisien information, it would not be Olympian staff who wished to renegotiate certain points of the contract, but Marcelo Bielsa himself.

Vincent Labrune would have actually had every reason to be “stunned”, as he has indicated when giving his first feeling on the night of Saturday to Sunday, only hours after the surprise announcement of the resignation of Marcelo Bielsa. And not only because of the decision of the former OM coach, but the reasons given by Argentina to explain this sudden departure.

It’s too late

Marcelo Bielsa (ex- coach OM)

For if “El Loco” said at a press conference after the defeat against Caen (0-1) that his resignation was due to the will of the Marseille Staff to reconsider certain clauses of the contract negotiated in early summer with Vincent Labrune, the truth is quite different. According to Le Parisien , it would indeed Marcelo Bielsa himself who wanted to revisit some aspects, shining Igor Levin, lawyer Margarita Louis-Dreyfus.

The Argentine would particularly desired that the second year of his contract is no longer conditioned to a place among the top four of the championship at the end of this season, but automatic. Demand all the more surprising that Bielsa had already advised its leaders that if he was willing to sign a new two-year lease, he never could stay in Marseille beyond June 2016. His application n ‘therefore had no other aim than to guarantee him a golden parachute, nearly ten million euro in case of dismissal during the season!

What create discomfort around the table negotiations, Igor Levin, the representative of MLD is showing inflexible and shining in turn Bielsa, who left the room in Levin meaning and Philippe Perez, the CEO of OM, also present, he would not discuss that ‘Vincent Labrune. And yet … “ It’s too late “, would he indeed served its president at the time of crossing the last time on Saturday night in the corridors of the Vélodrome, while the latter , still in shock, would have launched him: “ We had to sign the contract together, I had already told you “. “El Loco” until the end …