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Media365 editorial staff, published on Friday March 4, 2022 at 10:40 a.m.
The president of Olympique de Marseille is not intended to stay in such a position for long.
Pablo Longoria has held the post of president of OM for almost a year. A function in which he likes but which does not prevent him from seeing further and thinking about what he will do when he is no longer in Marseille. The Spaniard has already planned everything, which suggests that the break with the Phocaeans is soon.
“Being a recruiter again is my intention in the future,” he said in an interview with Provence. After this experience, I would like to travel around the world, watch players. It’s the only thing that could give me pleasure and passion again”. Scouting like in the good old days is his goal, and he hardly tries to put himself in the spotlight: “I don’t feel attracted to power or media coverage. I don’t seek to be known. I feel drawn to football, the passion. »
“Higher than president of OM it is impossible”
Thanks to his good work at Marseille, Longoria could have aspired to aim for a boss role at a more upscale club on the European stage. He affirms that this is not at all his objective: “To go higher than president of OM, it is impossible. How could I reproduce the same level of passion and commitment that I have on a daily basis? I do not know. I consider it impossible. Elsewhere, I will not find the same passion. »
While indicating that he will not last forever in his current position, Longoria assures that he is determined to leave Marseille in the best possible place and make them a top player in Ligue 1. “A good president must never lose sight of the fact that the athlete is at the center of the project. It’s the engine. We have to focus on the results because the whole city is attached to it. We must seek to stabilize the club. Because stability is the hardest thing to have. But it is the most necessary to have results”. A speech that will certainly please the many Olympian supporters.
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