Foot – Market – OM
Posted on April 13, 2021 at 4:45 am by TM
Last summer, Pablo Longoria took over as OM’s sports director. A choice on which the now Marseille president confided.
Arrived in 2016 at the head ofOM, Frank McCourt was then surrounded by Jacques-Henri Eyraud and Andoni Zubizarreta. In charge of the sportsman, the Spaniard ended up packing his bags last summer. A new era then began on the Canebière and it is Pablo Longoria who came to compensate for this departure, being named “Head of Football”. After working in the sports department of the Juventus, Valence or Sassuolo, Longoria accepted the challenge proposed by theIF. And as he confided in an interview with Twenty3, he was seduced by the sporting aspect.
“Marseille offers an ambitious project”
« Marseille offers an ambitious project. To be able to put football in the middle of this project. It is a project with a big identity, a philosophy and historical values. I am happy to be able to help stabilize the strong potential of the club. (…) As a manager, you have to analyze the club, the culture and the history. You need to choose a model that is suited to the qualities of your club. I felt this big difference in my career between Juventus and Valencia. They were two different cultures. I found a lot of things in common between Valencia and OM, it was an argument for me to come », Let know Pablo Longoria on his choice to come to theIF.
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