Extraordinary situations call for extraordinary measures. The problem is, that France’s giant Olympique Marseille has been in a constant mess in recent times and in need of constant extraordinary measures. When the troublesome fans made a ‘revolution’ at the club and forced current Villarreal coach Marcelino to quit after only seven games in charge, president Pablo Longoria changed his mind and didn’t leave with the coach but stayed and found an extraordinary solution – Gennaro Gattuso. Five months later, that plan didn’t work out, the Italian was sacked, and another extraordinary situation occurred – Jean-Louis Gasset. The 70-year-old coach infamously ended his previous job less than a month ago after the Elephants were humiliated by Equatorial Guinea 4-0. He was dismissed, and a rookie coach took over in the middle of AFCON, and the hosts went on to win the tournament. Not good for Gasset’s image, but still, here is Marseille. He Gat the sackPresident Pablo Longoria, according to L’Equipe, made former Bordeaux, Saint Etienne and Montpellier’s coach his main target to take over. Even though he is not a hot commodity (to say at least), Gasset will probably take the job until the end of the season, when a proper solution will be found. And that proper solution is Marseille’s ‘son’ Christophe Galtier. Former PSG manager who has several supporters within the club, and in fact, he was a subject of approach in September, but he declined then. He wanted to be cleared of the accusations of racism to which he had been subject at OGC Nice, and he chose to work in Qatar, at Al-Duhail, where he signed a contract until 2025.Jean-Louis Gasset was sacked by Ivory Coast just three games into AFCON 2023, only to see them go on and win the tournament.He’s now set to become the new head coach of Marseille 😲 pic.twitter.com/Wn72SG7pio— ESPN Africa (@ESPNAfrica) February 19, 2024 So, the idea is to have Gasset ‘steady the ship’ until June and then to lure Galtier, who is not impressed with the quality of the current Marseille squad and would demand an overhaul. Gasset could be on the bench by Thursday when Marseille are playing Shakhtar in the Europa League. “My departure brought peace. We say to ourselves, he was the culprit and that protects others. You had to see death up close perhaps to bounce back” explained Gasset his departure from Ivory Coast to L’Equipe. He is now asked to bring piece to Marseille. ##NAJAVA_MECA_7885430##
