While the Olympique de Marseille is going through a difficult period marked by fluctuating results, Florent Gautreau intervened on the After Foot program on RMC Sport to call for patience and continuity around the project led by Roberto De Zerbi. The journalist recalled that the beginnings of an ambitious project require time, even in a club as mediated as OM. Florent Gautreau drew a parallel between the situation in Marseille and Luis Enrique in Paris Saint-Germain, also criticized for his tactical choices at the beginning of the season. He stressed the importance of accepting a transition phase necessary to build a competitive team over the long term.

“We’re in a construction phase,” he said, adding that " impasses can happen, but that’s one of the round trips we have to make when we’re in this phase."

According to him, De Zerbi’s decisions, although sometimes contested, are part of a fundamental logic that takes time to produce its effects. When asked about the lack of time usually given to coaches in Marseille, Gautreau defended an approach consistent with the speeches held internally.

“If we want stability, if our project or strategy is sincere, as Longoria repeats, then we have to assume the risks associated with this stability strategy,” he said. For Gautreau, it is essential to be ready to accept short-term saw teeth results to allow De Zerbi time to lay the foundation for his project.

In short, Florent Gautreau calls for patience around Roberto De Zerbi’s project at the Olympique de Marseille, in an environment where the requirement for immediate results remains the norm.