Marseille (AFP)

Olympique de Marseille announced Thursday evening the departure of its sports director, the Spaniard Andoni Zubizarreta, a year before the end of his contract, leaving doubt on the future of his coach, André Villas-Boas, who had linked his fate to that of "Zubi".

"The OM announces the departure, by mutual agreement, of Andoni Zubizarreta", it is written in the press release of the club, specifying that "the recruitment of a general manager in charge of football is in progress", for the replace.

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