Olympique de Marseille president Pablo Longoria expects that it’ll not be a “nice” reception for Marcelino on his return to town together with his new membership Villarreal.
This can mark the primary time that the ex-Marseille supervisor will return to the Stade Vélodrome since abruptly quitting the membership in September resulting from accusations of extreme threats, intimidation, and slander.
It’s a extremely anticipated return for the supervisor and the ambiance across the floor will seemingly be notably hostile to Marcelino, after his ill-received feedback about sections of the supporters.
Villarreal have taken the safety of their supervisor critically and he can be escorted by a personal safety agency in addition to members of the Spanish police as they appear to keep away from even the slightest altercation.
In feedback made to L’Équipe following his departure, the supervisor “These deplorable occasions present that it isn’t as huge a membership because it desires to be. Some radical supporters wish to continually affect occasions stopping it from being a giant membership.”
‘I by no means attempt to return in time’ – Pablo Longoria
Longoria talking forward of the match addressed what’s going to await Marcelino later tonight, “I imagine that will probably be a reception very a lot based mostly on statements taken out of context, which I imagine, haven’t been contexualised.”
The president continued, “I believe it is not going to be a really nice reception as a result of his feedback haven’t been contextualised and I imagine that a few of his statements have been taken out of context.”
And whereas the wedding between supervisor and membership ended the best way it did, Longoria refuses to remorse what occurred, “I by no means attempt to return in time and say I shouldn’t have achieved that. I sincerely imagine, with my coronary heart on my sleeve, that over time, Marcelino might have developed his concepts.”
GFFN | Nick Hartland