Pablo Longoria announced it yesterday afternoon during his press briefing: Olympique de Marseille has already started contacts with several coaches to replace Jorge Sampaoli, who slammed the door this Friday.
The Marseille president even indicated that he had "
a privileged track
" to take over from the Argentinian who arrived at La Canebière in March 2021 and which allowed the Olympians to find the Champions League through a second place in Ligue 1 snatched in extremis .
And according to the indiscretions published by
L'Équipe
, the Spaniard's priority target would be
Igor Tudor
.
Unknown to the general public, the ex-Croatian international - passed by Juventus Turin among others during his career as a player but also as an assistant - has just left the bench of Hellas Verona, after a good season marked both by beautiful game only by honorable results (9th in Serie A).
The sports daily affirms that the file could "
se conclude quickly
".
Exactly as Pablo Longoria hopes.
If negotiations with the 44-year-old technician fail, OM could fall back on two other coaches: Roberto De Zerbi (Shakhtar Donetsk) and Julien Stéphan (RC Strasbourg Alsace).
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