Pablo Longoria sends a message to Jean-Pierre Papin

This Wednesday morning, Pablo Longoria appeared at a press conference to discuss the news from Olympique de Marseille. The Olympian president was notably questioned about Jean-Pierre Papin (61), who heads the club’s reserve and who had been at the center of some tensions a few weeks ago. Longoria gave him his support.

The rest after this ad

“Jean-Pierre Papin, we are happy with his work with the Pro 2. It’s true that there have been tensions internally, we must not hide it. When there are changes, it provokes reactions, that’s normal. For us, creating a second team like that is something new. It’s something that’s closer to something professional, because we take it out of the training center. It’s normal that it creates tension, it happens everywhere. These are normal situations in football, you don’t always train with the whole team, you have to manage relationships with the first team… I already experienced this kind of situation in Valencia. What is important now is to keep the working methodology. The objective of Pro 2 is clear: to prepare players to play at a professional level with adults, which is not the same as in U17 or U19. That’s the goal.” The message got through.