“It is impossible to build a project in Marseille”: Marcelino

Spanish strategist Marcellinwho arrived in Marseilles last summer and resigned on September 20gave an interview to a French newspaper L’Equipe this Tuesday, in which he complained about fan behavior this put the club and its project in jeopardy.
I worked as a coach for twenty years, and before that for almost twenty years as a professional player, and I have never seen anything like this in my life. And I don’t think I’ll ever see him again. In any case, I really hope so. This is a path that is very far from what reality should be in 2023 in a civilized country.
Iberian strategist – personal friend Pablo Longoria, the president of the Marseille club, actually believed that joining the French national team would be a relevant and positive experience. He explained that he never wanted to leave his position, but was forced by the contexthas been characterized influence and threats of ultras.
Marcellin disclosed the call he received on the night of September 19, Longoriawho told him that he was ultras threaten.
That night Pablo called me and told me what had just happened at the club. He and other leaders were threatened and almost forced to resign. He was saddened, surprised and shocked that he was being threatened. I was overwhelmed with disappointment. There are certain things we cannot accept. In life, and therefore in football. This is not normal behavior.
The day after this call decision to resign accepted by all management members. In the end, Marcelino was the only one.

Apart from his personal failure, Marcellin He expressed regret that some fans could destroy the balance of a club like Marseille. According to him, Marcel cannot develop in a positive sense, if this order of things continues.

We believed that this was a great club in every way, but these unfortunate events show that it is not as good as we would like. Some radical ultras who want permanent influence are preventing Marseille from becoming a great club.

Spanish trainer who worked with Valencia And Athletic Bilbaoit is estimated that in Marseille “it is impossible to build a project” and added:

A club this big cannot be managed by just a few. Structured clubs are managed from the top and every problem, every situation is addressed and punished if necessary.

According to him, the incidents that occurred at the meeting on September 19 They didn’t come by chance. He thinks it’s a trap.”prepared in advance to harm the club“.

In conclusion, he explains that you can be a pessimist about the future of the French national team.

Clubs must evolve, not regress. And OM, as the results have long shown, is a club that, instead of developing, is moving backward.

(according to information from L’Equipe)

Source: Aristegui Noticias

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