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Passionate about football since a young age, becoming a sports journalist quickly became obvious to Hugo. He would later discover a love for the NBA, before exploring other horizons such as Formula 1 and the NFL.
In charge of the reserve team for almost a year now, Jean-Pierre Papin's future at OM is said to be uncertain. The 1991 Ballon d'Or would be in conflict with the club's management, and especially Ali Zarrak, regarding the management of young people. Roberto De Zerbi's staff would particularly like to impose compositions on him, which he would refuse.
As Basil Boli before him, Jean-Pierre Papin came back to theABOUT in 2022, first in a role as ambassador and advisor to Pablo Longoria. Since November 2023, he has been the coach of the reserve team, but perhaps not for long. As indicated by Provencethere would be tensions between JPP and the staff of Roberto DeZerbi regarding the use and playing time of young players.
Strained relations between Papin and Zarrak
According to information from The Teamthe problem would be especially with Ali Zararresponsible for the Pro 2 since last summer. Jean-Pierre Papin would accuse him of interfering in his management and in particular his team compositions. A problem reported by the legend of theABOUT to the club's human resources, who allegedly mandated an external firm to conduct an internal investigation, the facts alleged by JPP which may amount to moral harassment.
“De Zerbi’s staff wants to impose or withdraw names”
« Papin does not communicate with De Zerbi or Benatia, everything goes through other channels. But it's not just a relationship problem, it's a fundamental subject “, explained a source within theABOUT has The Team. « Marcello Iaia, the performance director, decides the playing and rest times of the young people, the staff brings up the young people they want, Zarrak organizes the friendlies for the reserves, as in Reims this Monday, October 28. Big debates take place on team compositions before each match, De Zerbi's staff wants to impose or withdraw names, Papin says: “No, I want to make my team.” » The sports daily gives the example of Darryl Bakolathat theABOUT would like to see evolve as a torchbearer, while Jean-Pierre Papin sometimes makes him play center forward. The use of young Robinio Vaz would also have been debated.