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Crisis at OM: the future of Andre Villas-Boas in suspense

2021-01-21T19:34:39.489Z


The OM coach was ready to throw in the towel after his team's new defeat on Wednesday in front of Lens. The club management has re


It was not a sentence dropped in a fit of anger, after the defeat against Nîmes, last Saturday (1-2).

After another setback against Lens on Wednesday (0-1), André Villas-Boas confirmed that he was ready to leave OM.

“If the management thinks it's better without me, I don't want to put up a barrier,” he sighed.

I put my place at their disposal.

I have a lot of respect for OM and I am responsible

(Editor's note: this crisis situation)

.

But the Olympian staff has renewed its confidence in him: the leaders consider that the problem is more global.

“The question of his departure does not arise, we say to OM.

This is not topical.

“Since his arrival in Marseille, Jacques-Henri Eyraud has always said that the coaches should be in the long term.

“You need stability and continuity,” owner Frank McCourt explained in January 2019.

This is not only valid in times when everything is going well: we have the same approach when there are difficulties.

“Two years ago, the supporters claimed the head of Rudi Garcia.

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This time, the supporters are not just targeting the coach.

They are angry with everyone: staff, players, managers ... Marseille, sixth in Ligue 1, has won only one of its last seven league games.

The time when the Marseillais saw themselves "virtually first" by the game of late matches is already far away: it is now the crisis at the Commanderie.

"AVB may have wanted to create a click among its players"

"We wonder what they have, the problem is really deep," we are sad in the entourage of a player.

But, according to this source, “the players are not letting go of André Villas-Boas.

"The annoyance of Dimitri Payet, still replacing against Lens, or Florian Thauvin, released on time, is however visible.

A relative of Thauvin says that the latter is "too smart" to quarrel with his trainer.

As for Dimitri Payet ... "You only have to see his attitude when he comes into play to see that he has a problem," blows another close to the locker room.

However, he also believes that "André Villas-Boas still has the support of the majority of the team, even if there are necessarily unhappy people."

By threatening to resign, "AVB may have wanted to create a click in its players, forcing them to question themselves," says another source.

For the former OM coach Rolland Courbis, “Villas-Boas needs to be reinforced by its management.

His sentence begins with

if

: it is someone who inquires, not someone who resigns.

"

Elie Baup, also passed by the bench of the Velodrome, confirms that the Portuguese coach “may be seeking the support of his management.

He wants to know where they are.

Jacques-Henri Eyraud's response reassured him.

André Villas-Boas is now awaiting that of his players.

He doesn't expect good speeches in his office.

But a reaction on the ground, this Saturday, in Monaco.

Source: leparis

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