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Journalist
After trying different sports, Thibault turned to a career as an amateur footballer. When making a choice between becoming a professional footballer and a journalist, the qualities tipped the scales to one side. Here he is now in the editorial staff of 10 Sport, after a diploma obtained at the International Institute of Communication in Paris.
This summer, OM had to find a new coach. After thinking about Paulo Fonseca and Sergio Conceiçao, the Marseille club achieved an XXL coup by obtaining the signing of Roberto De Zerbi. While the Italian was announced among the biggest European teams, here he is today at OM. Pablo Longoria has also revealed the underside of this big move.
Announced at FC Barcelone, Manchester United or at Bayern Munich, Roberto De Zerbi is today at OM. After leaving Brightonthe Italian signed up for 3 seasons with the Marseille club. An XXL blow from Pablo Longoria et Mehdi Benatia that no one saw coming and thought was feasible. But By Zerbi is therefore indeed the coach of theABOUT and we now know a little more about how this could have been possible…
“One day, a friend called me and told me a scoop”
This Wednesday, for The team, Pablo Longoria revealed how Roberto De Zerbi arrived to engage with theABOUT this summer. It all started with a scoop received by the Olympian president: “ 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, whom I had known for a long time and who gave me the opportunity to become scouting manager at Sassuolo. It all starts 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.” »
“Why not give it a try?” »
« 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. (…) He is a coach who has so much potential, who has such a level, that we had to find an ad hoc project with total alignment between everyone, from the owner to all the managers. What Roberto asked us, precisely, was this alignment. He didn’t demand that everything be done for him, no. He even wanted to explain his project, his vision, to Frank », continued Robert De Serve.
