“I don’t want anything from Marseille, I don’t want any money. I just want to leave because of my discrepancies with sports policy. It’s a shame to get here,” said the Portuguese coach.
The technician André Villas-Boas announced that he has resigned as coach of Olympique de Marseille, because he disagreed with the club’s sports policy., although he specified that he will continue to lead the team “until management (he) lets it go”.
“I have submitted my resignation to the management, I still have no answer”, the technician assured in a press conference prior to the league game that Lens will be played tomorrow.
Villas-Boas, who arrived in Marseille at the beginning of last season at the hands of the then sports director, Andoni Zubizarreta, he criticized the club’s performance during the recent winter market, contrary to his wishes as a manager.
“I don’t want anything from Marseille, I don’t want any money. I just want to leave because of my discrepancies with sports policy. It’s a shame to get to this point,” said the coach, who confessed to opposing the arrival. by Olivier Ntcham, from Celtic Glasgow.
“It’s a decision that was made without my permission, I met him this morning reading the press. He’s a player I said I didn’t want, he wasn’t on my list,” said the coach, who said that he was. also very late reported the departure of Nemanja Radonjic.
Villas-Boas confirmed that he will be sitting on the bench against Lens and that he is waiting for a response from the club to his dismissal, which he distanced from the incidents last Saturday by certain radical fans in the sports city that led to the postponement of the planned game against Rennes.
Having after qualified team for the Champions League in its first campaign, the results were moderate in the second, eliminated in the European competition in the group stage and ninth in the table, 16 points behind the leader.
“Those results are my fault, but I can’t say the same about other things. I am very angry, nor in my worst nightmares did I expect to be in this situation. Four consecutive defeats, it hadn’t happened to me in my career. I want to get out of here. I have a love affair with Marseille, with France. I want to change the situation, ”he said.
The coach, who already assured last week that he would not stay with the club at the end of this season, He stated that he would rather resign before being removed from office.
Villas Boas, 41, He was about to leave Marseille at the end of last season after the dismissal of Zubi, but the club convinced him to continue.
Winner of the UEFA Cup in 2011 with the postage, a club with which he also won a Portuguese Cup, a Championship and a Super Cup, the Portuguese coach has also led Chelsea (2011-2012), Tottenham (2012-2013), Zenit de San Petersburgo (2014-2016) and Shanghai SIPG (2016-2017).
Besides the titles won with the postage, in Russia he won a competition, a cup and a super cup.