OM achieved a big success this summer. It’s not a player, but a coach. While he was followed by several big clubs, Roberto De Zerbi finally decided to join Marseille. Pablo Longoria also revealed behind the scenes of the Italian’s arrival and it all started with a phone call.
This summer, OM had to find many new players, but also a new coach. The mission of Jean-Louis Gasset has come to an end and the Marseille club has therefore decided to focus on Roberto De Zerbi rather than Sergio ConceiçãoFor example.
Benatia and Rossi helped Longoria for De Zerbi
Pour The Team, Pablo Longoria returned to the arrival of Roberto De Zerbi at theABOUT. The Marseille president was helped by several people in this matter, such as Medhi Benatia or else Giovanni Rossi. “It’s a collective effort, I don’t take all the credit. Several people contributed to the arrival of Roberto, whether Medhi (Benatia), Giovanni Rossi (sports director of OM since June), whom I had known for a long time and who gave me the opportunity to become scouting manager at Sassuolo . »
“A friend calls me and tells me a scoop”
Initially, theABOUT didn’t think I could bring Roberto De Zerbibut everything changed thanks to a phone call received by Pablo Longoria. “It all started from an impossible dream, in fact. One day, a friend called me and told me a scoop, a week before it hit the press: “Don’t say anything, but De Zerbi is in the process of terminating his contract with Brighton.” We talk about it with Medhi and decide to call her. Why not try? For several weeks, without having much chance of succeeding, we continued to maintain contact, patiently. And then, one day, he too began to position himself at OM. »
