OM has its new coach. This Wednesday, the Marseille club formalized the arrival on the bench of Gennaro Gattuso, former coach notably of AC Milan. During a press conference organized this Thursday, Pablo Longoria justified this choice and was full of praise for the 2006 world champion, who has already met his group.
The replacement of Marcelino is known. L’ABOUT named Gennaro Gattuso to the position of coach. The Italian technician has signed a one-year contract and could stay for another season if the club finishes in the top four of the championship at the end of the season. Gattuso led his first practice on Wednesday and got to know his group. Present at a press conference, Pablo Longoria reversed this decision.
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Longoria looking for stability
« For us this is an important moment. I’m not going to go into details. I give a little introduction to the process and why we chose it. After the match against PSG, I spoke to the locker room, we analyzed the situation and I told the players that this week we would have a new coach. The priority was to have stability on a sporting level. Gennaro had the profile » said the president of theABOUTconsidering that Gattuso presented the right profile for the club.
Galtier justifies the appointment of Gattuso
« We had studied well what he did in the past, he is a recognized trainer. He did an extraordinary job at Milan, in Naples. I considered that his teams played good football. He won a title with the Italian Cup. I spoke with him for days, a lot of conversations, reflections, he became the man for the job. For what ? He has a lot of energy, the desire to come, a style of play with good ideas. After the first hour of discussion, I had no doubts » Confided Longoria.
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