The OM training center has been under high tension in recent hours. The sports advisor Mehdi Benatia severely criticized the attitude of young talents.
OM: Mehdi Benatia denounces the lack of audacity of the Minots
Mehdi Benatia, the sports advisor of Olympique de Marseille, carried out an uncompromising diagnosis of the shock training center. In a long interview given to Provencethe Moroccan leader expressed his disappointment at the lack of desire of young OM players. “I kill myself telling little Darryl, Enzo, Keyliane and company that they think too much”he declared.
According to him, young shoots lack the audacity and determination that characterized the talents of his generation, such as Samir Nasri, Hatem Ben Arfa and Karim Benzema. “When Samir took the ball in training, he only had one idea in mind: how to eliminate Habib Beye or Abdoulaye Meité,” he remembers.
An electric shock to relaunch the Olympique de Marseille training center
Mehdi Benatia also regrets the character of certain kids, who seem ready to give up at the slightest obstacle and head off to other places. “It’s too easy to tell yourself that if you fail, you have to give up.”he laments. The OM sports advisor therefore calls on young players to be more humble and hardworking. He reminds them that professional football is a demanding world where only the best survive.
“Those who were predicted more minutes and who don't play, it's not theft. It’s because it’s not enough in terms of effort, sacrifice, work.”he says. If Benatia recognizes the potential of certain young players, he does not see a talent of the level of Samir Nasri emerging at the moment. “I’m not sure we have a generational crack like Samir, a guy who can play at the Vélodrome at 17”he confides.
Mehdi Benatia's comments will not fail to arouse strong reactions. If some will see it as a harsh criticism of the new generation, others will find it a call to revolt and audacity. Regardless, the message is clear: to succeed at OM, you need not only talent, but also a mind of steel and an insatiable thirst for victory.
