A few days ago Andoni Zubizarreta was dismissed as sports director of Olympique de Marseille. The French newspaper, L'Equipe, who has followed him closely during his four years in office, has analyzed the work of the Spaniard in office and considers that he has accumulated more successes than failures, which is why his work has not come to fruition in France.
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They attribute the OM Campus, the youth recruitment center, as its greatest achievement, as well as the recruitment of Luiz Gustavo, even though he later ended up at the Fenerbahçe. They also consider that the arrival of André Villas-Boas to the bench, as well as the choice of Valentin Rongier or Álvaro González, she was good.
However, they believe that now to sign has been too patient. They missed a young talent like Isaac Lihadji, now at Lille, or Nicolas Pépé, one of Arsenal's most expensive signings, when he was still playing at Angers. The same thing happened with Moussa Dembélé when he was still at Celtic (now he is one of his biggest rivals, the Olympique de Lyon). They blame him for having bought dearly from Kevin Strootman or have invested 15 million euros in Kostas Mitroglou, which has turned out to be a resounding failure.
In any case, your relationship with Rudi Garcia and with Jacques-Henri Eyraud it was not good and considering that the owner, Franck McCourt He had already sentenced him in October, it seems that his actions have helped to make the final decision.