The outcome seemed inevitable. The coach of Olympique de Marseille, Marcelino, is not on the plane to Amsterdam, where the club plays Thursday evening (9 p.m.) for its entry into the Europa League, according to our information. Olympique de Marseille must officially announce its departure during the day. An announcement that would have sounded like a surprise a few days ago, but which has no longer been so since Tuesday morning. The Spanish coach had announced his departure to his players in the event of Pablo Longoria’s resignation.
The president has not (yet) resigned, he is giving himself time to reflect after a stormy meeting and threats received from supporters’ associations on Monday at the Commanderie. But Marcelino’s maintenance seemed impossible, as much for his declarations towards his players on Tuesday morning, as for the little play offered by his team, which ended up annoying the supporters after the draw against Toulouse on Sunday (0-0 ). Pancho Abardonado, already assistant to Marcelino and Sampaoli, was to act on the bench against Ajax. While waiting to know the name of the next coach, but above all to know if Pablo Longoria also throws in the towel, or not.