Olympique de Marseille no longer goes into detail. Under Roberto De Zerbi, total involvement will be required from each player in the squad. If one of them does not meet this criterion, they will be asked to look elsewhere. And that's exactly what's happening right now in the Ismael Koné soap opera. Explanations.
Roberto DeZerbi did not appear at the press conference. Indeed, in addition to mentioning the imminent departure ofElye Wahi when he spoke on Friday afternoon, the coach of the'About emptied his bag on the case Ismaël Koné. Certainly, the 22-year-old Canadian international was the first recruit of the era By Zerbibut his days at Olympique de Marseille are more than numbered.
“He didn’t show me that he could be part of this project”
“Koné will probably leave, that’s why it didn’t make sense for him to train with us. (…) Koné’s departure is our choice, we know the team we want, but he’s a nice boy.” How come Kone was excluded from the sporting project in this way? Quite simply because of a glaring lack of involvement in the taste of Roberto DeZerbi.
-“He didn't show me that he could be part of this project, but there was a lot of competition. I play those who deserve it. We assume we want to build an ever stronger team to leave our mark.”
Ismael Koné asked to look elsewhere when he has no leads?
This announcement of Roberto DeZerbi does it mean thatIshmael Koné is already leaving for a club? In parallel with the press conference, the journalist from RMC Florent Germain assured that the'About had made the decision to be uncompromising with his players. Those who did not show enough effort would then be pushed out. And in the case of Konehe would not even have a concrete path for the rest of his career. Enough to support the new philosophy ofMarseille Olympic…