Determined to leave his training club Lyon, Farès Bahlouli had considered leaving for Olympique de Marseille. Former Marseille coach Marcelo Bielsa demanded his signature before slamming the door.
Farès Bahlouli’s interview for So Foot has no shortage of juicy anecdotes. Among the surprising passages of his career, the attacking midfielder remembered his summer of 2015. The player trained at Olympique Lyonnais, frustrated by his lack of playing time, decided to take off. Olympique de Marseille and its president Vincent Labrune then presented themselves at the request of coach Marcelo Bielsa.
« I am called to the Toulon Tournament, we win it with the French teamsaid the attacking midfielder currently without a club. I’m having a great competition. Behind, many clubs are interested, but I have been talking with Monaco since February. Luis Campos gives me a lot of pressing, he calls me often, he comes to see me. But at the time of the Toulon Tournament, I hesitated, because Marcelo Bielsa, who coaches Marseille, came to see my first match. After twenty minutes of play, he said to the president of OM: “You bring him back to my team!” Vincent Labrune calls my agent: “Bielsa wants Farès at all costs.” When he’s interested in you, you’re not indifferent… I’m going to Monaco. I followed my instinct, and fortunately, because this is the summer when Bielsa goes. »
Bahlouli loved Bielsa
Finally, the collaboration with the Argentinian will begin in Lille in 2017. “ When it arrives, it’s a revolution. He is the best coach there is. This is really the first time that I have worked with a coach with whom the human side is important. I’ve known some nice ones, but you remain a commodity, you’re worth so much, if you have value, you’re going to play. With Bielsa, it’s incredible. He stinks of football, he knows football, he lives for football, he gives his life for football. But not everyone can keep up with him. I have never been in better shape in my life than with Bielsa. Weighing every morning: if you are 100 or 200 grams overweight, you cannot train, you have to go running. A madness », said Farès Bahlouli.
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