The new OM coach, the Argentinian Jorge Sampaoli, arrived late Tuesday morning in Marseille, where he should be subjected to a septain against the Covid-19 before being able to take control of the Olympian group, announced the club.
Sampaoli, at the head of the Brazilian club Atletico Mineiro, from Belo Horizonte (east of Brazil), until Friday evening, had also led the Argentine and Chilean national teams.
It was with the Chilean Roja that he won the main title on his CV, the Copa América 2015. The Argentinian technician, self-proclaimed disciple of his compatriot Marcelo Bielsa, at the head of the Olympique de Marseille from 2014 to 2015, had been officially appointed to the post of coach of OM on Friday in a press release from Frank McCourt, the American owner of the Marseille club.
The best of Sampaoli on the bench of Atlético Mineiro
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