Basile Boli, the funny course of the new sports coordinator Om – The Équipe.fr

Difficult to pass when he was a player, Basile Boli is rather difficult to follow since he no longer is. The after career-solid defender (45 caps) has removed the first land to be closer to the policy, which he crossed the field. While he readily confessed his admiration for François Mitterrand, and while its bid for the 2007 legislative Auxerre had been considered the PS, he is committed to the right.

Following the wake of its former chairman in OM Bernard Tapie, Boli warmly campaigning for Nicolas Sarkozy before the presidential election of 2007. After the election, he was appointed national secretary of the UMP in charge of development and leave this post in January 2009, a difficult year. Suspected breach of trust in connection with the management of its association Undertake and lead in Africa, he was placed in custody in November but was not indicted.

it was not until 2014 to see the approach the courts, where he spent the most time. Trained at Auxerre, he returns as club advisor, on the initiative of the majority shareholder Emmanuel Limido. Boli is responsible to look for international partners but not concluded an agreement, even if the president says Guy Cotret, after its passage, his work “generated contacts. It has not left angry “.

A rather brief passage in Yonne, before retiring from the start of this season in his heart another club, Olympique Marseille . Appointed ambassador by President Vincent Labrune, he is also responsible for developing partnerships and develop the image of the OM abroad but will quickly become more visible.

Since moving to Lille October 25 (2-1), he accompanied the team of Michel outside and sat in the stands with Labrune. Before the game and at halftime, we see very often in the tunnel leading to the field, to provide encouragement and advice to players who wanted to invest it in this role. At the time, Michel welcomes this and he explained in early December: “It is essential that people who know the club are there to help, not to criticize it shows they love. “

Failed! Basile Boli criticized and did not spare the Spanish coach after the new home disillusionment against Bordeaux (0-0, 10 April): “The team composition? It was a player who scores 15 or 16 goals since the start of the season (Michy Batshuayi) not aligned, there are many things that are not going well. It was a team, in my opinion, that was not made to go to coal and to meet the challenge. . I was surprised and shocked at the same time “

After a few polite phrases, Michel responded by press conference: ” I think it is dead wrong. We opened his locker, he could tell me things very clearly, in the face, eye to eye. Then he talked about team composition, choice of tactics, missing information. It disappointed me, as a person, as a representative of the club too. “ Became Tuesday morning sports coordinator alongside Franck Passi has been acting on the bench, Boli can not be satisfied to give its opinion. It is first in line.