The former coach of OM Marcelino He returned for the first time to the conditions of his departure, in an interview published on Wednesday by ‘L’Equipe’, considering that Marseille is “a club that, instead of evolving, is regressing.”
“I’ve worked 20 years as a coach and almost 20 years as a professional player and I’ve never seen this in my life. And I don’t think I’ll ever see it again. In any case, I really hope so.” “This is a way of continuing very far from what should be the reality, in 2023, in a civilized country,” declared the Asturian coach about the stormy meeting between fan groups and the OM management that forced him to resign on the 20th. September , after only five days of the championship.
In the hours following this meeting, club leaders, led by president Pablo Longoria, decided to withdraw. Marcelino, who completed the process, was replaced by the Italian Gennaro Gattuso. “We came with a plan of a two-year project and suddenly all this work, all this effort, all this energy was dragged away by something completely illogical. My very short experience makes me think that it is a club where creating a project is almost impossible. Because a club of this size cannot be manipulated by a few. Clubs must evolve, not regress,” he added.
Marcelino said he was “very angry, frustrated and sad.” “We thought it was a great club in every sense of the word, but the unfortunate events show it is not as good a club as we would like it to be,” he said.
Marcelino García Toral arrived on a free at Marseille a year after leaving Athletic Bilbao, where he spent a combined 18 months. Having coached many La Liga clubs such as Sevilla, Villarreal and Valencia, Marcelino won the Copa del Rey in 2019 with Valencia.
Source: La Verdad
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