After the overhaul of the sports sector during the off-season, Pablo Longoria begins that of the administrative part of Olympique de Marseille. The president of the club, responsible for saving 19 million euros in this sector by the owner Frank McCourt, will decide on the spot and several directors are threatened. According the team, Jacques Cardoze, in charge of the club’s communication, and his legal counterpart, Alexandre Mialhe, are in the eye of the storm.
An investigation opened by the CSE
The communication director, who arrived a year and a half ago, would pay for his excessive freedom of speech, even if he is accused of more trivial things. To the point of going on sick leave after receiving a letter from the human resources department for an interview prior to a sanction. Alexandre Mialhe, already at the club under Vincent Labrune, then Jacques-Henri Eyraud, would have been appointed as the person responsible for the transfer of Pape Gueye, for whom OM is still subject to a recruitment ban. Elodie Malatrait, deputy director of communication would also be targeted in a climate of mole hunting led by Javier Ribalta.
This overhaul, already started with the arrival of the Spaniard as director of football, and the new director of the training center, Marco Otero, would be done in a very tense climate. An investigation was opened on health and living conditions at work during the last meeting of the CSE, on September 21.