Olympique de Marseille is once again, 24 years after his departure, the home of Fabrizio Ravanelli. From player to institutional and sporting advisor of OM, Ravanelli tasted life in Marseille at the end of the 90s thanks to the approval of his wife, totally won over by the region, as the main person revealed to Free Foot.
Fabrizio Ravanelli lived three seasons atABOUT which had a profound impact on him. Moreover, the former scorer of theMarseille Olympic signed a significant return last summer to the management of the Marseille club as institutional and sporting advisor 24 years after his departure as a player.
“It immediately made me understand to make the decision to come here to Marseille”
A transfer from Middlesbrough which had been generated by more than positive exchanges in his eyes with the management at the time of theMarseille Olympic.
“The owner was Robert Louis-Dreyfus with his idea of football and my discussions with my coach Rolland Courbis, I immediately understood that OM had the intention of making a great team and trying to being champion of France by trying to recruit great players in the transfer window. It immediately made me understand to make the decision to come here to Marseille.”
“When she saw the sea, the restaurant, the city of Marseille… She didn’t hesitate for a second”
But even though the discussions were going well with the senior representatives of OM, never Fabrizio Radishes would not have made the decision to come to Marseille without the approval of his wife who was won over by a day at Cassis.
“I’m going to say something that no one knows. I can say it today. When I made the decision to come here, I invited my wife who lived in England. I told him: take the plane right away before I sign. I took him to Le Grand Large in Cassis to eat. When she saw the sea, the restaurant, the city of Marseille… She didn't hesitate for a second and said to me: Fabrizio, you sign straight away.
