The tension between the supporters of Olympique de Marseille and the management of the club embodied by President Jacques-Henri Eyraud continues to increase.
While five supporters are still in pre-trial detention after the incidents at the Commanderie, a letter from the general manager, Hugues Ouvrard, outraged the club's followers.
She evokes a possible rupture of the convention which binds OM to its groups of supporters, which could lead to the expulsion from the Vélodrome of the associations involved in the events of January 30.
In reaction, the six organized groups (Dodgers, Winners, Fanatics, MTP, Commando Ultra and Club des Amis de OM) sent an open letter on Monday, February 15, in which they indicate that "the rupture is over."
And they encourage “all club lovers to make themselves heard by massively unsubscribing from all social networks (…) and boycotting derivative products.
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• Open letter from supporters groups in response to @ HuguesOuvrard's "formal notice". # TeamOM 🔵⚪️ pic.twitter.com/8RwnOuZfFa
- #TeamOM Officiel (@TeamOM_Officiel) February 16, 2021
At the time of this call, the club had nearly 3,592,650 followers on Twitter.
This Wednesday, at 2.15 p.m., the figure, although still substantial, had nevertheless fallen to 3,567,227. These are 254 23 people who unsubscribed from the official account.
However, many supporters denounced on the social network "the purchase" by OM of false accounts to compensate for these losses.
Others pointed out that the operation looked like "a sword in the water".
On the ground, the Marseille players will try this Wednesday against Nice, in a late match of the 11th day, to win their first match in the league for a month and a half.