Weakened by OM’s disappointing end to the season, Igor Tudor could well be content with a single season in Marseille.
Igor Tudor and Jorge Sampaoli, same fight? Arrived in disaster on the OM bench last summer after the resignation of his Argentine counterpart, the Croatian could also shorten his stay in the Marseille city. For a departure, however, which would not be of his doing. In Marseille in recent days, and even more in recent hours, rumors have been circulating about a possible landing of the former pillar of Juve.
The mixed end to the season for the Olympians obviously has something to do with it. Beaten twice in a fortnight at Lens and then at Lille, OM, which certainly is guaranteed to finish the season on the podium, is likely to conclude the championship in third place. So in uncertainty about his Champions League ambitions since he will have to go through two preliminary rounds to see the group stage of the C1.
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Saturday evening while commenting on the defeat of the Phocaeans on the lawn of Losc (2-1), the journalist from France Bleu Provence Bruno Blanzat released an important piece of information on the air: “The trend on the side of OM would not keep Igor Tudor next season. “In addition to the results at half mast in recent weeks, the management of the workforce by the former strategist of Hellas Verona would raise questions.
The dismissal of Dimitri Payet (and Nuno Tavares) did not fail to revive the debate on this subject this weekend. Earlier in the season, players like Mattéo Guendouzi or Gerson were able to have tough explanations already with Igor Tudor, who has always been supported for the time being by the management embodied by Pablo Longoria.