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Coach of OM between 2016 and 2019, Rudi Garcia bounced back a few months later at OL. But could he coach another rival club to Marseille, PSG? The 60-year-old French technician assures that this has never been a possibility and that it would be difficult for him to announce it in any case.
President of theABOUT after the takeover of the club in October 2016, Jacques-Henri Eyraud made Rudi Garcia the first coach of the era Frank McCourt. In an interview given to the media Carréthe French technician, now 60 years old, returned to his arrival in Marseille and the first contacts with Jacques-Henri Eyraudto whom he initially said no.
“I found that perhaps it didn’t suit me 100%”
« Eyraud is the one who calls me saying “I’m part of the takeover project with McCourt, we would like you to be the coach”. I said: “A priori no, but I can look”. Why not at the beginning? I found that perhaps it didn't suit me 100% on the volcanic side. And then I met normal people. Jacques-Henri Eyraud the first », explained Rudi Garcia.
“In today's context, you can't say: 'I would coach PSG'”
Four months after his departure, in June 2019, he took the reins of a rival club inABOUTl’OLbut could he do the same with the PSG ? « Have I already been in contact with PSG? No. (…) In today's context, you cannot say: “I would coach PSG”. Because suddenly, the Marseillais will criticize. As I've already been to Lyon, that's enough “, declared Rudi Garciawho wishes PSG to fulfill his dream of winning the Champions League: “ I hope Luis Enrique continues to do a good job. This is the club that seems to me to be the closest to winning the Champions League, I hope they will win it one day. The Marseillais, I assure you, they will forever be second. »
