Announced close to Martigues, Jean-Papin spoke to the press and explained why he decided to stay at Olympique de Marseille for the second part of the season.
Two hot spells, but Jean-Pierre Papin is still there at Olympique de Marseille. If he had initially returned for a role in the management team, the former Ballon d’Or took up the game as coach of the reserve team. But this earned him a first blow during the fall with his XXL argument with Ali Zarrak and his departure announced and finally canceled. During the holidays, it was FC Martigues who came to look for him to try to launch a maintenance operation with JPP at the head of the Ligue 2 team. A short trip that the former OM striker did not not done, ultimately preferring to end the season three divisions below. If between the lines, it is clear that Papin could well turn the page for the Marseille club at the end of the season, he nevertheless confides in La Provence that he has not changed his tune this winter to finish in style with the team B of OM, which is looking to move up from National 3 to National 2 this season.
Papin wants to finish in style
« The challenge of signing for Martigues? I have nothing to say about that. I have a challenge to finish with OM, I have five months left and I want to move up to National 2 with this team. As we are well placed and compared to what we did last year, I wanted to finish my year with them. There is half a season left and I think it would be good for the club to have this reserve team which plays a category above », Confided JPP before this Saturday’s match against the second, Fos. In the event of a setback, the OM reserve team could find themselves 10 points behind first place, and experience a much less exciting second half of the season. This is currently Jean-Pierre Papin’s only concern in Marseille.
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