French radio ’RMC Sport’ has a popular show called ’Le Vestiaire’ in which players from a certain Ligue 1 club sit in the locker room and talk about their own careers, tell interesting stories, or talk about the club and the fans. And of all the Ligue 1 clubs, Olympique Marseille currently has the most dynamic coach and the ’hottest’ fans in whole France. Marseille regularly boosts the biggest audience in France (average 53.000 at Orange Velodrome compared to PSG’s 40,000), and the term ’hottest’ is actually diminutive for ’troublesome’, which also is a factor for attracting (or rejecting) the potential transfer target.🔥 ¡¡SE CALIENTA EL PARTIDO!!😳 El árbitro expulsa también a Emery ⚪ OM 1-0 VIL 🟡#⃣ #PretemporadaEnGol pic.twitter.com/Qp0J7gfHEB— GOL ⚽️ (@Gol) July 31, 2021 Marseille players Dimitri Payet, William Saliba, Amine Harit and Pape Gueye talked about their coach Jorge Sampaoli, a tattooed Argentinian who used to be a banker and physical trainer before becoming a coach, but also about the atmosphere at Velodrome. But no matter how intimidating he looks, it seems he is a ’softie’, since his players quite cheerfully made jokes about him.Slapping players, smoking cigars and donating wine: meet one weird football president“He doesn’t like to lose, but it’s funny. When it comes time to train he is serious, but when the training is over he likes to joke around. He jokes around with everyone. On the human side, he is a very good coach too” said on loan Arsenal player Saliba, while Amine Harit added: “But he’s a cheater! He cheats a lot! You shouldn’t play tennis with him. He sucks and he cheats” said Harit with a smile. Senegalese midfielder Pape Gueye was even harsher: “He is the worst football coach I have ever had. Even for short passes… he knows football but how bad he is!” said Gueye and everybody bursted laughing. How did Sampaoli reacted on their first training after the show is not yet known…Arsenal’s junk is Les Bleus’ treasure: Saliba gets first call-up for the French national teamMarseille players also talked about a hot atmosphere in their own stadium and Harit reveled a funny anecdote prior to his arrival to the club.”Before coming to Marseille, I watch the match against Nice. And then the pitch invasion breaks out. I look at my little brother and I say to him: ‘It’s crazy, there’s always something going on with Marseille. It’s always hot!’ And there, my agent calls me and tells me that Marseille wants me… I’ve already had problems, I told myself that I was going to get into more trouble! And I’m taking the bet. I don’t regret the everything” said the former Nantes player.(3.45) PAOK (3.20) MARSEILLE (2.35)The club icon Dimitri Payet talked about his career and desire to come back to Marseille while playing West Ham, stating that he even snubbed Manchester United. The Frenchman originally signed for 10 million pounds in 2015. He made 60 appearances for West Ham where he notched 15 goals in total with 12 of those coming in his debut season.”I’m not someone who lives with regrets. I made a choice, which was just as much related to football as it was to family, to come back to Marseille. There were other clubs, big clubs. There were Manchester United and others. It was a personal and family choice. I think it was the best for me and my family“ said Payet.
