Fortunately, the pension reform is not modeled on the career of Jean-Louis Gasset. May 19 in Le Havre was supposed to be the last day on the bench for the septuagenarian who had announced the day before that he was bowing out after a few months of freelance work at OM. “This will be the last match of my career. Afterwards, let us use my experience, my opinion, and my knowledge in football, yes, because I don’t know how to garden. But coach, it’s over. I really, really want to finish on a high note.” he announced as the 38th day of Ligue 1 approached, during which Olympique won 2-1 at the Océane stadium but ended the 2023-2024 financial year in a sad 8th place.
At the age of 70, the former coach of Saint-Étienne and Bordeaux had retired to his home in Montpellier, where he was born and where his coaching career began. It is here, too, that he could return to service. A handful of minutes after his former squad pulverized the Héraultais this Sunday (0-5), Laurent Nicollin, president of the MHSC announced the ouster of Michel Der Zakarian. He and his staff are thinking of Gasset according to several sports media to succeed him despite the promise of the man with the cap to return to service.
According to L’Équipe, the Orange et Bleu house is seeking to convince Gasset to rejoin the club to turn around a drifting team, but if the position of coach remains the most plausible, it is not the only option, a scenario which would fit with the farewell speech of “JLG” to OM. A place within the management organization chart could also be studied.
