2023-09-27 09:19:29
Gennaro Gattuso at OM? It’s gone very well! According to information from Foot Mercato, which we are able to confirm, the Italian coach is about to become the next coach of OM. The 2006 world champion with the Squadra Azzura is in advanced negotiations with the Olympian leaders and will even have to arrive in Marseille today, barring a change in trend. His presence on the bench in Monaco, this Saturday September 30, is given as “probable” by someone close to the matter.
The former Naples coach, who has already worked for many clubs in 10 years (Sion, Palermo, OFI Crete, Pisa, AC Milan, Naples, Valencia) since the start of his coaching career, was free since his departure from Valencia last January. A man of character, Gattuso, pushed by his agent, the influential Jorge Mendes, is used to quick stints on the sidelines, like at Fiorentina where he only stayed 23 days, unhappy with the club’s transfer window. He currently has only one title to his name: an Italian Cup won with Naples in 2020, the club’s first trophy in six years.
Galtier declined the offer
The arrival of the former midfielder of the great AC MIlan had also been mentioned by Olympique Lyonnais, in a crisis of results since the start of the season (Penultimate with two small points). The leaders finally set their sights on another Italian, who passed through the club, Fabio Grosso.
Gennaro Gattuso and his staff will arrive in Marseille today in order to complete the agreement as new OM coach ⚪️????
Contract ready and first training session scheduled for the Italian manager, called by @footmercato — set to be signed. pic.twitter.com/cMtyY66qUb
— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) September 27, 2023
In an even greater crisis, Olympique de Marseille saw its coach Marcelino leave after serious unrest between the club’s leaders and supporters. Jacques Abardonado was in charge for the moment, with very mixed results: a 3-3 draw against Ajax Amsterdam, also entangled in an unprecedented crisis, and a humiliation at the Parc des Princes in the Clasico against PSG. (4-0).
The Olympian leaders had also tried the Christophe Galtier track. The former Parisian technician and OM have even started discussions to succeed Marcelino on the Olympian bench. Without a club since his departure from PSG in June 2023, the technician, native of Marseille, is attentive to the market. According to our information, he received information on the Marseille project and made phone calls, proof of his interest. But he wanted to give himself time before diving in again.
And in the end on Tuesday morning, he decided not to follow up on this proposal. This decision was not easy to make, but OM needed a coach in the coming days. “It was not the right timing for either OM or Christophe,” adds a source close to the matter.
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