Emmanuel LANGELLIER, Media365, published on Saturday December 21, 2024 at 12:25 p.m.
Red lantern of Ligue 2, Martigues, who has just thanked Thierry Laurey, could entrust the reins of the team to Jean-Pierre Papin.
After 16 days of Ligue 2, Martigues closes the ranking. The FCM is 18th, with an unfavorable record of 2 small wins, 3 draws and 11 defeats (34 goals conceded, the worst defense). So, after the final, scathing setback suffered at Troyes (0-4) last Friday, the leaders made a decision and thanked Thierry Laurey. “Suspended from his duties”, the former coach of Strasbourg and Paris FC arrived on the Martégal bench on July 2. His adventure only lasted 5 and a half months. The ex-midfielder and defender pays for the poor results.
Papin would have liked to have been promoted by OM last year
Laurey could be replaced by another former Ligue 1 or Division 1 player (the former name of the Championship): Jean-Pierre Papin. After having managed Strasbourg, Lens, Châteauroux or Chartres, JPP could have a new experience on a bench at 61, he who had never had the confidence of a top club. The current reserve coach of Olympique de Marseille would have liked to have been promoted by the Marseille club when Gennaro Gattuso left last year, but Jean-Louis Gasset was ultimately chosen. “I may have been hit,” he admitted. Water has passed under the bridge since then and the 1991 Ballon d'Or could find a professional bench since he is in negotiations with Martigues.
OM will not oppose his departure from the reserve
According to Foot Mercato, which indicated that Papin was part of the shortlist, and RMC Sport, which indicated on Saturday morning a situation well underway between the two parties, the former great scorer seems set to change horizons by moving a few kilometers. Interested in the Martegal challenge, the ex-player of OM, AC Milan, Bayern Munich and Bordeaux discusses with the Provençal leaders. To commit to FC Martigues, JPP will first have to free himself from his contract with OM, which will not block his departure, a priori. The Marseille club, through its president Pablo Longoria, said it was satisfied with his work, but at the same time is not closed to his departure in a period of internal turbulence which had involved Papin a few years ago. weeks. In the meantime, Martigues will be led by Ibrahim Rachidi, interim on the bench for the 32nd final of the Coupe de France at Bourgoin-Jallieu on Saturday afternoon (3:30 p.m.).
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