Despite being criticized, Andoni Zubizarreta has left Olympique de Marseille vacant since leaving two weeks ago.
To manage its sports sector, the Marseille club wishes to recruit a Director General of Football as soon as possible. In order to achieve their goals as quickly as possible, Jacques-Henri Eyraud and Frank McCourt have mandated the headhunting firm CAA, located in the United States but also in Europe, to believe the information from La Provence. The local media also specifies that a short-list has been established and that people have been contacted. Advisor to Jacques-Henri Eyraud, the Englishman Paul Aldridge was not involved in this choice.
There is still complete doubt as to the identity of the future general manager of football. It will not be Damien Comolli, who was not contacted and who is part of the Toulouse takeover project. On the other hand, the name of Olivier Pickeu circulates internally even if the media explains that the former sports director of Angers is also in advanced contact with Monaco. “For me, he’s the right man for OM, the man for the job. He is a hard worker, a man of very influential networks, a winner, a courageous man who is not afraid to face storms, a man who defends his players and his staff against all odds, an extraordinary trader who saved Angers millions. In short, a former professional striker who has the makings of a great manager and who will end up in a big European club ” confides one of his collaborators. It remains to be seen whether Olivier Pickeu has the profile to collaborate with Jacques-Henri Eyraud but also with André Villas-Boas, since the Portuguese will always be the OM coach next year (except cataclysm).
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