Arrive at Marseille in 2020, Pape Gueye has to settle for extra player status within the Marseille club. An observation that the player made with great lucidity for his appearance at the press conference on Thursday.
The strong words of Pape Gueye
“When I arrived no one knew me, I’m proud of what I brought to the club, explained the former Le Havre in an intervention broadcast by the newspaper La Provence. I would have liked to play more this season, like the previous two. The OM allowed me to play great Clasico matches, I played in a CAN, a World Cup. The competition, if I didn’t want it, I would have gone to a smaller team.“
Can Gueye leave Olympique de Marseille in the short or medium term? The main interested party does not think about it for the moment, even if he does not seem to exclude any hypothesis. “My CAS dispute doesn’t block any movement. I’m fine in this club, it’s been 3 years. I have not seen the leaders. I’m out there doing what I know how to do. The rest, I’m not the one who can“.
Finally, Pape Gueye praised the contribution of his coach Igor Tudor. “In between we have to do many things. We take the time to repeat them in training, we play “man to man” to learn to follow our player. I don’t tell you the little secrets because we are listened to (laugh) but I like it. I’d be angry if I said I didn’t like it.“
As a reminder, Olympique de Marseille will face Hyères in their 32nd Coupe de France final on Saturday (3.30pm), before moving to Troyes in Ligue 1 next Wednesday (9pm).
