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Following the formalization of the departure of Gennaro Gattuso, OM announced the arrival of Jean-Louis Gasset.
It was in the air, it became official. After announcing the dismissal of Gennaro Gattuso this Tuesday morning, Olympique de Marseille formalized the arrival of his replacement. As expected, it is Jean-Louis Gasset. The former Ivory Coast coach will lead the Marseille team until the end of the season.
“It is a huge honor for me to join this legendary club that is Olympique de Marseille. I can’t wait to start working with this group to prepare for the next deadlines and give the best of ourselves.”, declared Gasset for the club’s official website. He will be presented to the press this Tuesday at 4 p.m. and will manage his first match this Thursday against Shakhtar Donetsk in the Europa League, specifies RMC Sport.
“One of the most experienced French coaches”
“An experienced coach both at club and national level, Jean-Louis Gasset has spent more than 30 years on various benches in the French championship and abroad, can we read in the press release from the Marseille club. His experiences as assistant or head coach of Girondins de Bordeaux, AS Saint-Etienne, Montpellier HSC and PSG have made him one of the most experienced French coaches and notably allowed him to win 4 French championships (2009, 2014, 2015, 2016), 2 French Cups (2015, 2016) and 4 League Cups (2009, 2014, 2015, 2016). Recognized for his tactical science, his sense of relationships with players, his ability to mobilize the different groups he has trained and his work culture, the native of Montpellier also had the opportunity to put his skills to the international level at service of the Ivorian selection, the French team and Espanyol Barcelona. »
The 70-year-old technician should be accompanied by his assistant Ghislain Printant, as well as physical trainer Nicolas Girard.
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