Marcelino quit the club due to ‘severe threats and insults’. When will the fans learn how to support their managers?
By Adam White for Get French Football News
A coach’s life is never simple at the Vélodrome. After just seven games in charge, Marcelino resigned as Marseille manager last week in response to what he called “intimidation, threats, insults and slander”. The Spaniard became the fourth Marseille coach to resign in less than three years and he is not the first to do so under duress from the club’s volatile fanbase. Marseille, so often their own worst enemies, routinely implode and start again. As their 4-0 thrashing to PSG on Sunday night underlines, this latest farce will be difficult to overcome.
The trouble began at an “extremely tense” meeting last Monday. Marseille fans often enjoy an audience with the club’s management and last week’s gathering had been planned for some time. But things turned sour when fan groups took the opportunity to complain more aggressively than usual.
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