Frank McCourt achieved a real tour de force by preventing André Villas-Boas from leaving his post.
The Marseille coach had promised to follow Andoni Zubizarreta, and the last of the latter seemed to seal his fate. In an OM that is already vacillating frankly despite its good sporting season, this departure could have ignited. For the moment, without extending however, the Portuguese has decided to stay and prepare for next season. He would have been convinced by the speech of the players, who clearly pledged their allegiance to him for a great campaign. But beware of fine words, because according to Christophe Dugarry, it is not only the president or the owner who can bamboozle everyone. If a Morgan Sanson, a Boubacar Kamara or another executive receives a gala offer, the world champion believes that the promises will quickly disappear.
“ You can’t know. If it is, Eyraud will sell two-three players to Villas-Boas in the offseason because he will have no choice. What if players don’t want to leave? I’m not sure the players … They signed up with their coach, if they go that far, why not? But I’m not sure if the players, if they have a nice proposition where they will double or triple their salary, go through with their engagement. After a while, everyone will see their door at noon and maybe some contracts will be so tempting … Villas-Boas will be forced to swallow two or three snakes, things will not stay as they are, it is not possible for OM that things remain as they are “Delivered the consultant RMC, who still wants to remember that the world of football is merciless, especially if a gold offer fell.
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