Olympique de Marseille announce Habib Beye as their new manager | OneFootball

The Frenchman Habib Beye, former coach of Rennes, is the new manager of Olympique de Marseille, the French club announced this Wednesday. Beye, 48, played for OM between 2003 and 2007, appearing in around 200 matches as a central defender or right-back.

The team from the south of France, which visits Brest on Friday for Ligue 1, had been without a coach since the departure of Italian Roberto De Zerbi a week ago. Jacques Abardonado led the team on an interim basis last Saturday at the Vélodrome, in the draw against Strasbourg (2-2).

“If OM calls me, I’ll run there! I have no problem saying that,” he said in 2024 in an interview with the newspaper L’Équipe.

The opportunity, therefore, arose probably a little earlier than expected, since just two weeks ago, when Olympique de Marseille beat Rennes 3-0 in the round of 16 of the French Cup, Beye was the coach of the Breton club.

That night, OM’s last victory, Roberto De Zerbi was on the sidelines, leading Marseille. But since then, the club has plunged into a deep crisis.

The 5-0 thrashing by Paris Saint-Germain a few days later hastened De Zerbi’s downfall. Subsequently, the club was shaken by turmoil that nearly led to the dismissal of sporting director Medhi Benatia and the departure of president Pablo Longoria.

A supporter of the 3-5-2 formation that favors ball possession and places great emphasis on technical dominance and intensity, Habib Beye also struggled with the inconsistency of his team’s results, which never really managed to find its ideal rhythm.

*By AFP

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