A former manager in Argentina is staring at his partner, but does not try to portray his successful spell with the Ligue 1 club.
Marseille new boss Jorge Sampaoli is looking to follow in the footsteps of Marcelo Bielsa after joining the Ligue 1 club, but warned he is bringing his own ideas to work.
The Argentine was officially unveiled as a substitute for Andre Villas Boas on Tuesday after spending the last two years in Serie A in Brazil with Santos and Atletico Mineiro.
It is now incumbent on him to save what has turned out to be a difficult season for OM, who has suffered turmoil on and off the pitch.
What was said?
“Bielsa is an example to a lot of people, I feel close to him in the game, but I will not try to be like him,” Sampaoli told reporters at his first press conference as Marseille coach “I’ll make my way, without reporting.”
Sampaoli, who last coached in Europe at Sevilla before leaving to take up Argentina’s job in 2017, also revealed that he intends to attack his new costs with a mental philosophy.
“We will start looking at the squad to make a decision in the short and long term,” he said. “Our philosophy is to push forward, not towards our goal. own goal. The goal is to apply a philosophy of play, we need to find the basics, rhythm, will.
“We’ve come up with some tools to get the team out of this rough piece. We want the players to stick to our playing philosophy. Some will be able to change quickly,” others will not. It is our job to convince and win over the squad. “
The bigger picture
Sampaoli take over with Marseille landing in eighth place, five points behind Lens in the last qualifying place of the Europa League, albeit a game in hand.
The club has won just one of their last 11 Ligue 1 rounds, and twice since the start of 2021.
Off-field tensions came to an end in January when Marseille ultrason revealed a training session as a complaint at the severity of the results, causing severe damage to facilities and causing their game against Rennes to be canceled.