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OM: Longoria plays the appeasement card about Tudor

2022-08-03T14:18:36.047Z


In a press conference, the Marseille president extinguished the controversies relating to his new coach to whom he brings his frank


Everything seems to be back in order at OM a few days before the resumption of the championship, this Sunday against Reims at the Vélodrome.

At least, that is the intention of President Pablo Longoria.

He organized a meeting this Tuesday at the Commandery to ease the emerging tensions between Igor Tudor, who arrived in early July to replace Jorge Sampaoli, and his group.

His requirement in the preparation had created differences with Gerson in particular.

The dismissal of Vélodrome darling Bamba Dieng did not please the supporters, and his way of addressing his group offended the locker room executives.

This Wednesday, after the presentation of the 4 new OM recruits (Jonathan Clauss, Ruben Blanco, Luis Suarez and Nuno Tavares), the Spanish leader spoke at a press conference.

The subject quickly turned to questions about the new coach.

He first wanted to calm the game on the early criticism of Tudor: “For any change, it takes time to adapt.

You can't change an athlete's way of running overnight.

I believe that the evolution is towards a more physical football.

This is the path we wanted to take.

We are not going to judge OM Tudor in September, that would be naive.

There is still a construction base, a good squad that finished second, and recruits adapted to this game methodology.

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Then, the president insisted on tightening the screw and prioritizing: “There are codes in group life.

Normally, locker room conversations should stay in the locker room.

Second thing, we must remember the presentation of Tudor.

The club's message does not change.

We talked about demands, discipline, work.

Everyone must take the same direction.

First there is the club, the coach, then the players.

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OM have won only one of their 5 preparation matches, conceding 9 goals for 5 scored (including 4 against the N2 club Marignane Gignac).

This worries the Marseillais, who will notably play in the Champions League this season.

And Tudor does not, for the moment, have a special place in the hearts of OM lovers.

Jonathan Clauss also spoke about his coach, deeming relations with him "very healthy".

The French international also took the side of appeasement: “It's a big preparation, very hard.

But these are the requirements of the top level.

You have to be ready, you have to work.

There are discussions, sometimes misunderstandings.

Some things tickle sometimes but as everything is new, there can be nervousness.

These are things that happen in all clubs.

During this same press conference, Pablo Longoria also spoke about the criticism of his own supporters concerning Jordan Veretout, announced to be very close to OM.

The midfielder is facing a smear campaign on social networks due to rumors around his extra-sporting life: “You have to have values, things done well.

Rumors are a reflex of today's life.

Social networks, someone puts something, everyone has to follow?

asked the Olympian president.

Source: leparis

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