In La Provence du jour, Medhi Benatia explains that he never goes to the OM administrative building because he “does not want to work with unhealthy people”. We know who he was targeting…
This Wednesday, La Provence revealed extracts from the interview given by Medhi Benatia to the regional daily for its monthly 1899. Inside, a statement from the advisor of Pablo Longoria, soon to be promoted to sports director, calls out: “The administrative building? I never go there. I'm willing to argue with a video analyst, a coach or a player, but I don't want to work with unhealthy people. So I want to know if we can work properly and if everyone wants to work in the interests of OM! “. Who was the former defender targeting? RMC answered this question.
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This is Cécila Barontini, current director general of OM. An internal source presents her as “a Stéphane Tessier bis”, previous CEO, dismissed in the spring after having coveted the position of president. According to RMC, Benatia did not appreciate that Barontini, very involved in the founding of OM, spoke out against the recruitment of Mason Greenwood this summer because he was violent with his partner. She would also have defended the head of the training center Marco Otero, recently dismissed. Other points of daily life came to create tensions with Medhi Benatia, such as company cars loaned to employees, players wearing caps or caps and having attitudes considered less than elegant.
Still according to the radio, Cécila Barontini should in turn be pushed out and replaced by… Fabrizio Ravanelli. The former striker returned to the club a few months ago in a role as Pablo Longoria's right-hand man. He could wear this new costume, which would bring together the administrative and the sports, he who is appreciated by everyone. Thus, Medhi Benatia could pass through the Commanderie building again…
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