It’s never dull in Marseille, never! At the beginning of the 2021, Andre Villas Boas left the club after a public dispute with sports director over players which were bought against his will and Olympique was on the front pages for days. Then the excitement came in the form of a well-respected coach Jorge Sampaoli, who is just the typical coach for this club. And the Argentinian did it in his first season, he brought them back to the Champions League, to the second place in Ligue 1 (they finished fifth the year before) and to the semi-final of the UEFA’s Conference League. Sampaoli delivered, but the club directors obviously didn’t, because according to L’Equipe, the Argentinian is leaving the club.Senegal’s Gueye: ’Sampaoli is the worst coach I ever had’A big transfer bomb in Marseille, but not the one that the fans (and Sampaoli himself) wanted, on the contrary. Former Seville and Argentina coach signed a two year deal in 2021 but decided to pull out after just one season, faced with the inactivity on the transfer market. Surely, the window has just started, but so far, the directors brought him only Isaak Toure from Le Havre (Samuel Gigot was signed in January), and Sampaoli obviously has more information and knows that not many signings will follow. He was not at the Commanderie this Friday and has a meeting scheduled with president Pablo Longoria later today.Coach, friend and partner in crime: Samir Nasri says Jorge Sampaoli is the kind of man you cannot say no toSo, in an ironic twist, Marseille was big enough to highjack a deal from Manchester City (Toure was their favorite), but not big enough to keep their coach. L’ Equipe insists that the resignation is final, and that this is not Sampaoli’s attempt to put more pressure on the club officials.“All my life, I have been told that OM is a passion. The Orange Velodrome has to glow when the team walks into the stadium. Marseille is a team with a long tradition. We are not here to hide. This club has a soul; that is why we are here. We are ready” said the Argentinian last season when he came to France. But, it seems that his superiors hide themselves ahead of this transfer window.##NAJAVA_MECA_6484764##
