Frank McCourt is also positioning himself to retain André Villas-Boas. The American owner of Olympique de Marseille, very discreet since the start of the crisis, expressed himself in a press release to say that he wants the Portuguese coach to stay at the club and extend his contract.
The businessman “spoke with André Villas-Boas” on Saturday and “told him he was perfectly aligned” with President Jacques-Henri Eyraud to “suggest to André to continue to be the coach of OM beyond the end of its current contract “, until 2020, it is written in this press release disclosed by AFP. However, if the Portuguese coach “made the decision to leave OM for reasons of his own, Frank would wish him the best for his future,” it is also indicated.
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André Villas-Boas could still leave OM, which he led to second place in Ligue 1 and therefore in the Champions League, for the first time in seven years.
He had earlier in the season linked his fate to that of the sporting director, Andoni Zubizarreta. However the man who had recruited him this summer left the club on Thursday, leaving doubt on a departure from “AVB”. Friday, “JHE” had expressed his wish on RMC that the Portuguese technician remains “still many years” at OM.
Faced with the persistent rumor of a takeover of OM by a Saudi billionaire, McCourt also “reaffirmed how fully committed he was to OM and the project for the years to come”.
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