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Starting from OM in the summer of 2022 due to a divergence from a point of view with his direction, Jorge Sampaoli had very big ambitions for the Marseille club, such as that for example to bring Antoine Griezmann in order to compete with PSG for the title in League 1.. The former OM coach has given a layer on this subject.
In July 2022, and when he came out of a good season in a sporting plan with a dolphin place in PSG In Ligue 1 (synonymous with direct qualification for the Champions League), Jorge Sampaoli had suddenly decided to leave theWhether. The one who had been appointed in the midst of a crisis 18 months earlier (February 2021) had solid ambitions for the rest of his Marseille adventure, ambitions perhaps too large compared to the financial means made available for the management of OM. Sampaoli wanted to come Antoine Griezmann et Renato Sanches In order to compete with PSGbut the Argentinian coach did not have what he wanted, and he therefore decided to leave.
“I no longer wanted to be the vice-champion of PSG”
In January 2024, in the columns of The team, Jorge Sampaoli evoked his disputes with the direction of theWhether : « In March 2021, I arrived at the club in a climate of crisis, with the burned commandery, a party coach, an eleventh place in the league. We took the first step, we qualified OM in the Europa League, then we finished vice-champions behind Paris. For me, the following project must have been much more ambitious. I wanted Marseille to win the championship. I did not want to find the bench to be the vice-champion of PSG again, my level of motivation is not this one. Playing to be second, it frustrates me, and it may be inaccessible, but I wanted to target higher. I want to win a European Cup, win titles “Indicated Sampaoliwho dreamed ofAntoine Griezmann to achieve this goal with theWhether.
“Things were going in another direction. I preferred to leave “
And this Monday, questioned by the Catalan media SPORT, Jorge Sampaoli put a layer back on his departure from theWhether in the summer of 2022 with a similar speech: ” I was ambitious because I told the president that I wanted to beat Paris. It is a unique and very demanding city towards the emblem that OM represents. I understood that things were going in another direction. I preferred to leave ». It remains to be seen whether, for its part, Antoine Griezmann would have been ready to sign at theWhether with Sampaoli…
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