Sampaoli makes questionable comments about OM

Jorge Sampaoli, the coach of Stade Rennais, made comments which may raise doubts among OM supporters.

There is reason to have doubts. Jorge Sampaoli was not clear about the reasons which pushed him to leave OM in the summer of 2022, after bringing the team to second place in Ligue 1 behind the untouchable Parisians.

“I chose to leave because the club had made certain contractual decisions with which I did not necessarily agree, and out of respect for the president, I opted for a step aside,” confided the Stade Rennais coach at a press conference, quoted by The Teamon the eve of facing OM on Saturday evening for the 17th day of Ligue 1.

What contract is he talking about?

What does Jorge Sampaoli mean by “contractual decisions”? The one concerning Marseille players of the time or one or more clauses of his own contract as Olympian coach? A year ago, still in the columns of the sports media, the technician declared: “ For me, the next project had to be much more ambitious. I wanted Marseille to win the Championship. »

To seriously compete with PSG, Jorge Sampaoli would have liked OM to have the financial power of Qatar. But he knew the situation well and knew the impossibility of this hypothesis. Before this Rennes-OM on Saturday evening, he once again demonstrated his attachment to the Marseille club. Maybe a little too much.

“ Marseille, an old love »

“For me, Marseille is an old love, a place where I was loved very much, which I loved very much. » A love obviously not deep enough for the ex-Chile coach to stay. We obviously don’t have to believe it.