Pablo Longoria has been appointed president of OM to replace Jacques-Henri Eyraud.
At 34, the Spaniard is already a veteran of football, and is known for his sense of recruitment.
He is eagerly awaited by club supporters.
Unknown to the general public, he finds himself in one of the most exposed positions in French football.
At only 34 years old, the Spaniard Pablo Longoria, sports director of Olympique de Marseille, has been appointed the club's new president to replace Jacques-Henri Eyraud.
If his French remains perfectible, he is already an old veteran of football, and is eagerly awaited by the demanding supporters of the Marseille city.
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Pablo Longoria is a recruiting cracker.
Passed by Newcastle, Valencia and Juventus Turin, he landed in Marseille last summer.
The native of Oviedo is an obsessive worker, a football and negotiations fanatic.
On his youthful face which sports a small mustache, dark circles betray an overloaded schedule.
A successful transfer window
This winter, supporters of the Olympian club admired him for his spectacular transfers.
Pablo Longoria has indeed managed to profitably sell Morgan Sanson and get rid of the bulky wages of Strootman and Mitroglou, all while getting his hands on a well-known striker, Milik.
The fans therefore ask only to like this new president who sticks to the cosmopolitan image of the city, like Rachid Zeroual, the person in charge of the "South Winners".
“It doesn't change for us to see a Spaniard at the head of OM,” he told Europe 1. “We did have Pape Diouf (former Franco-Senegalese president). happy with the world when I see foreigners at the head of OM. It should be more often, in a city like Marseille. "
"Unique talent", "born leader", in the words of Frank McCourt, the American owner of the club, Pablo Longoria, however, does not hide his shortcomings in terms of management.
"I need all of you," he told the club's employees, gathered by videoconference.