Pablo Longoria, president of Olympique de Marseille, spoke at length about the case of Jonathan Clauss and his possible departure during the moving window.
C’est la rumeur qui a surpris tout le monde dans la dernière ligne droite du mercato. Alors que l’Olympique de Marseille tentait plutôt de régler les cas Pep Gueye et Ismaïla Sarr, les deux joueurs étant finalement restés dans le sud de la France, la direction phocéenne ouvrait finalement la porte à un départ de Jonathan Clauss. La raison ? En interne, certains lui reprochaient un manque d’investissement sur le terrain, pointant notamment du doigt les fois où il a demandé à sortir à cause d’une petite gène alors que l’effectif était réduit, provoquant des soupçons quant à son envie de se préserver pour pouvoir répondre présent à l’Euro 2024.
And if the former Lens player was not transferred, Pablo Longoria was invited to talk about him at Faris Moumbagna’s press conference: “The most important thing is the institution. This is more important than anything else to other people who work every day. With Jonathan Clauss, I’m going to be clear, because we’ve spoken and there’s no problem. I think it’s had a positive impact, because he’s shown a peak of engagement in education this week. I talk about this because each and every one of us wants to know,” said the OM president. He is a player with exceptional qualities, he has a special sensitivity and he is an endearing player. But as an international, at a time when we need leaders, I hope it will be a positive example. We had a lot of discussions with him, and in January I won other messages about interests. “
He then explained that he had to call FC Barcelona to inform them about a possible interest from the Catalan team, without success: “I called Barça to find out if it was true, it wasn’t. It’s not a smart message to send and go out in public. In addition, the effects of the club in January have the opposite effect to the moves we had taken. Everyone will be held accountable. He has to be a vital player, but a lot is expected. although he was not the kind of example he sought to be. This week was exemplary,” Longoria concluded.
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