Italian coach Gennaro Gattuso will leave Olympique de Marseille, the day after the defeat suffered at Brest in Ligue 1 (1-0). The technician (46 years old) arrived at the head of OM at the end of September 2023, replacing the Spaniard Marcelino.
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The story between Italian coach Gennaro Gattuso and Olympique de Marseille is over. Arriving as a “firefighter”, the former Milan player failed to rectify the situation of a team which has not won a single match in the league in 2024 and is in 9th place in the ranking, far from qualifying. for a European Cup.
Apart from its narrow success in the Coupe de France against Thionville (1-0), a 5th level team, Marseille has not won since December 17 and the reception of Clermont.
Left behind in L1, eliminated in the Coupe de France (by Rennes in the 16th), OM is faced with the risk of a blank season even if it is on a favorable waiver in the Europa League play-offs, after the first leg against Shakhtar Donetsk (2-2) and the return scheduled for Thursday at the Vélodrome.
Separation recorded
The club continues to pay for the very questionable choices of president Pablo Longoria with the recruitment of Marcelino then Gattuso and frantic and failed transfer windows which have considerably weakened the squad.
Gattuso’s departure should take the form of an amicable breakup and not a layoff, according to the same source.
The separation between the two parties was recorded following a meeting between Gattuso and his leaders on Monday morning. The Italian admitted “ no longer have solutions » to relaunch OM, according to the source close to the negotiations.
If the divorce between OM and its coach is not yet completely finalized, the club is already looking for a successor, the profile being a “ man of blows, capable of getting into the heads of his players and rather Francophile “.
(With AFP)