In Rothen ignites, Christophe Dugarry gave his feelings on the work carried out by Pablo Longoria, at the presidency. The 1998 world champion now sees it differently: “I was very hard on him. I felt like I had a guy who was making fun of me a little when he spoke or when he was off base. I felt like he was trying to confuse me. Afterwards, what is good about this gentleman since he has been at OM is that he is a man of conviction. He’s not afraid to do things. He is not a president who arrived just to sit in his presidential chair, and wait for things to happen”confided the former striker.
“We can’t please everyone”
Dugarry appreciates that the Spaniard came with ideas and knows how to recognize his mistakes: “The guy is hyperactive, sometimes too much. It sometimes went in all directions and was sometimes incomprehensible. But he came up with ideas, it’s already huge. He took responsibility, even if he was wrong. How not to forgive and how not to recognize when a guy says “I made mistakes, I admit my mistakes”? Everyone makes mistakes, even someone who is very successful in football, he succeeds one out of two things. And again… I like people who admit their mistakes, because no one has the truth in football. What OM has become today is rather coherent, it rather makes sense. I say bravo to his recruits, bringing in De Zerbi, bringing in Hojbjerg, Rabiot… I think there are things that are strong. I think he did something strong. Also convince its president to put money in, despite TV rights which have fallen, OM has invested a lot. This proves that his relationship with his president is of quality. His relationship with the sports director is good. His relationship with the players is perhaps a little tense at times, but that’s also the role of a president. Sometimes you have to make hard choices. We can’t please everyone, so yes. I want to say well done”he continued.
Some consultants could also measure their words a little and stop systematically judging based on which way the wind is blowing. The impatience of the Marseille environment and certain media plays an obvious role in the difficulties encountered by OM in stabilizing itself in recent decades.
