Ligue 1: former Montpellier Jean-Louis Gasset is the new coach of Olympique de Marseille

Jean-Louis Gasset a démissionné de son poste d'entraîneur de la Côte d'Ivoire, il y a moins d'un mois MAXPPP – LEGNAN KOULA

Le club marseillais a officialisé sa venue, mardi 20 février. 

L'OM, only ninth in Ligue 1 and which is going through a catastrophic season, announced on Tuesday the arrival as coach of Frenchman Jean-Louis Gasset. The former Montpellier coach replaces the Italian Gennaro Gattuso, whose departure the club formalized an hour earlier.

"It's a huge honor for me to join this legendary club that is Olympique de Marseille. I can't wait to start working with this group to prepare for the next deadlines and give the best of ourselves", said Gasset, 70, quoted in a press release of OM.

He has just left the Ivory Coast selection

Gasset, former assistant to Laurent Blanc in the French team and at Paris SG, notably managed Montpellier, Saint-Etienne and Bordeaux. He has just left the Ivory Coast selection during the African Cup of Nations. It will be presented at a press conference organized this Tuesday at 4 p.m.

L’Olympique de Marseille annonce la signature de 𝗝𝗲𝗮𝗻-𝗟𝗼𝘂𝗶𝘀 𝗚𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘁 au poste d’entraîneur ✍️ 🔵 ⚪️

— Olympique de Marseille (@OM_Officiel) February 20, 2024

He will then make his debut with OM on Thursday against Shakhtar Donetsk in the Europa League second leg play-off. He will take charge of a team in crisis, which has not won a single league match in 2024 and is in ninth place in the standings, far from qualifying for a European Cup. .

The last success in Ligue 1 dates back to December 17

Apart from its narrow success in the Coupe de France against Thionville (1-0), a 5th level team, Marseille has not won since December 17 and the reception of Clermont. The separation between Gattuso and OM was recorded Monday morning, the day after a sad defeat at Brest (1-0), the Italian having recognized "no longer have solutions" to relaunch OM, according to a source close to the negotiations.