It was an open secret for a number of weeks now, and it was confirmed this Friday. Jorge Sampaoli turned the new coach of the Olympique de Marseille, signing as such till June 2023.
Sampaoli was so far directing the Athletic Mineiro Brazilian, however as soon as the Brazilian final Thursday he was free to make his return to Europe, a continent wherein so far he has solely coached Sevilla, throughout the 2016/17 season.
The 60-year-old Argentine coach is confronted with the good problem of recovering the phantasm of a Olympique de Marseille who obtained off the Champions League within the group stage, with out the comfort prize of falling to the Europa League, and in Ligue 1 he marches as eighth categorised, out of the European positions though with them inside attain.
Sampaoli was at all times the primary alternative of the Marseilles since André Villas-Boas He resigned as coach of mentioned membership at the start of February and consequently of his discontent over a signing that he had not requested. Since then it had been Nasser larguet the one who had taken over the crew as interim coach, however now it’s as much as Sampaoli.
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