• Pablo Longoria, the president of Olympique de Marseille, gave a 1h20 press conference to take stock of the club's first part of the season.

  • He said he was satisfied with the results and the style of his team instilled by Igor Tudor, while announcing the arrival of Jean-Pierre Papin in the club's management team.

A very talkative president of Olympique de Marseille when taking stock of the first part of the season.

Pablo Longoria appeared for 1h20 in front of the media this Tuesday afternoon to cover all the club's topics, during the break for the World Cup in Qatar, where he will go to support the OM players who will dispute it.

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Pablo Longoria very satisfied with the “results” and “style” of his team.

“What we wanted was to give our team a style.

We play in a way that is very recognizable by everyone, whether it's the journalists, our opponents, the supporters.

We thank the coach for that, which gives this very strong identity.

We were competitive in almost every game, it's very difficult to play against us.

This is something I see as president.

Having two points on average outside is an indicator for the podium, we are in the objective.

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The downside of the Champions League.

“We have to put aside the Champions League.

We were competitive and I told the players that I was proud of their participation.

Of course, we are not satisfied not to continue in European competition but qualification was possible until the last minute.

The level given on the pitch was satisfactory, as was the commitment of the coach and the players.

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Pablo Longoria "never doubted" Igor Tudor.

“In the day-to-day work with Javier Ribalta, we don't just analyze the latest results, otherwise it causes me emotions.

I prefer to analyze the trend.

The month of October was very complicated, without the results we were hoping for.

I don't believe in luck but in daily work.

Against Lens we had a 70% chance of winning, against Ajaccio 83% and we lost.

Against Lyon only 30%, and we won.

You deserve so much in other games that football always proves you right and that's why I never doubted the work of Igor Tudor.

Football is fair and hard work pays off.

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Olympique de Marseille must find “five million euros”.

“We will succeed in achieving our objectives with the sale of some players by June 30.

There is no obligation to sell during the winter transfer window.

The trend is positive, with the impact of European competitions between prize money and ticketing.

We miss five million euros with a qualification in the Europa League, more for the 8th in the Champions League.

But we didn't include this qualification in our forecast because we wanted to be careful.

We had even rather planned five points in C1 (OM collected six), but there are still these five million to find.

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The management of Dimitri Payet.

“I have two complementary visions.

It's not easy for Dimitri Payet to face a change of coach, a change of style, but he had the ability to question himself, as Bamba Dieng did after this summer.

I am very happy to see how they have worked to regain their place and we have to thank them for this work.

On the question of playing time, it's the coach and we must always respect the coach's decisions.

The collective remains more important than anything.

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Jean-Pierre Papin comes to help OM progress “on small details”.

“Jean Pierre Papin will join our activities before the internship in Spain.

We are talking about a legend and one of the club's most important players.

He will allow us to identify the small details of a football club with his experience of Bayern and Italy.

He will report to the president, and will be in contact with David Frioo, Javier Ribalta and me.

He will be present for all the matches and will give us advice on these small details thanks to his vision.

He will also be in contact with the players and Igor Tudor.

To build, you must have people to whom the history of the club belongs.

When I leave the club, five years later everyone will have forgotten me.

But in 100 years, everyone will remember Jean Pierre Papin.

It's important to have someone for the little details as the club grows.

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