“I don’t want anything from Marseille, I don’t want money. I just want to leave because of my discrepancies with sports policy. It’s a shame to come to this,” said the Portuguese coach.
The technician André Villas-Boas has announced that he has resigned as coach of Olympique de Marseille because he did not agree with the club’s sports policy., although he specified that he will continue to lead the team “until the management (he) lets go”.
“I resigned from the leadership, I still haven’t answered”, assured the technician in a press conference before the league match that tomorrow he will play against Lens.
Villas-Boas, who arrived in Marseille at the beginning of last season at the hands of the then sporting director, Andoni Zubizarreta, he criticized the club’s performance during the recent winter market, contrary to his manager’s wishes.
“I don’t want anything from Marseille, I don’t want money. I just want to leave because of my discrepancies with sports policy. It’s a shame to come to this,” said the coach, who confessed that he opposed the arrival of Olivier Ntcham, from Celtic Glasgow.
“It’s a decision that was made without my consent, I met him this morning reading the press. He’s a player I said I don’t want, he wasn’t on my list,” said the coach, who said that is also informed very late the departure of Nemanja Radonjic.
Villas-Boas said he would sit on the bench against Lens and that he is waiting for a response from the club to his resignation, which dissociated him from the incidents that took place last Saturday by certain radical fans in the sports city that led to the postponement of the planned duel against Rennes.
After I had qualified team for the Champions League in its first campaign, the results were mediocre in the second, eliminated from the European competition in the group stage and ninth in the standings, 16 points behind the leader.
“These results are my fault, but I can’t say the same about other things. I am very angry and even in the worst nightmares I did not expect to be in this situation. Four consecutive defeats, it had never happened to me in my career. I want to get out of this. I have a love affair with Marseille, with France. I want to change the situation, “he said.
The coach, who last week already assured that he will not stay at the club at the end of this season, He said he preferred to resign before being fired.
Villas Boas, 41, He was already on the verge of leaving Marseille at the end of last season, after Zubi’s dismissal, but the club convinced him to go ahead.
Winner of the UEFA Cup in 2011 with Porto, club with which he also won a Portuguese Cup, a championship and a Super Cup, the Portuguese coach also led Chelsea (2011-2012), Tottenham (2012-2013), Zenith of St. Petersburg (2014-2016) and Shanghai SIPG (2016-2017).
In addition to the titles won with Porto, in Russia he won a league, a Cup and a Super Cup.