Bye Alexis Sanchez does his first job before returning to Inter de Milanfrom his former team, Olympic MarseilleThey justified the departure of the Chilean striker, who recently admitted that he intends to continue to play for the French national team, but the new coaching staff had other plans.
In this scenario Paul Longoriathe president of the Marseille club, took the time to respond to Sanchez’s words.
“As leaders, we have a responsibility to make decisions. In the summer there was a change of coach.. There is a team and all our decisions are the result of a consensus between us, the sports management and the coaching staff,” he told La Provence.
“We analyzed the team, what we need in the offensive sector. Football is a very collective sport, not an individual one.. We had to look for the greatest complementarity between different players,” the French leader said.
In this regard, he explained that Olimpique’s attack was aimed at strengthening the work of Gabonese Pierre-Emeric Aubameyang, Senegalese midfielder Iliman Ndiaye, Portuguese Vitor Oliveira and Argentinean Joaquín Correa, noting that the latter is “versatile and very strong in associative play and in attack “. counterattack. We wanted to make the best decision for the team.”.
In this whole scenario, Longoria still thanked Sanchez for his contributions to the team. “I would like to personally thank Alexis for all that she brought last year. Thank you for believing in our project in the season of the highest quality. I have nothing left but to thank his qualities, his mentality and what he gave to the club“, he stressed.