Igor Tudor and Valentin Rongier respond to the Gerson controversy

In soccer, there are few surprises. Final yr, Gerson, who had began his Marseille journey badly, and had completed the season as a cannonball. He was the selection of Jorge Sampaoli who imagined him completely in his recreation system. However this summer season, the coach modified. And it’s probably not going to work nicely for the Auriverde.

Certainly, Igor Tudor changed Jorge Sampaoli within the first months of July. The Croatian imagines, him, slightly a system with two numbers ten underneath the attacker and two restoration midfielders. The previous Hellas Verona participant clearly doesn’t see the Brazilian within the midfield duo. And he gave him his likelihood underneath the striker, with out success. His physique picture is mostly poor. Sluggish, uninvolved, he took endlessly to go away the garden of the Vélodrome in opposition to Frankfurt (0-1).

keep in mind final summer season

Added to that is additionally the start of a stormy relationship between him and his coach, this summer season in the course of the internship in England. Besides that earlier than the return match between Eintracht and OM on Wednesday, his father and agent determined to talk: ” we are going to look elsewhere. It’s inevitable. We are going to arrange ourselves to go away from the subsequent switch window. If Gerson is now not vital for OM, then we are going to discover a membership that can be capable of worth him. Many have already come ahead. We had no rationalization from the coach. That’s why I’m going to speak to Pablo (Longoria) immediately (Monday) to search out out what’s happening. Bodily, Gerson is in nice form, however he’s unhappy and indignant. And me too “.

Essentially, the topic was scorching earlier than the press convention of Valentin Rongier and Igor Tudor, this Tuesday on the Deutsche Financial institution Enviornment in Frankfurt. ” It’s onerous to be a soccer participant, it’s additionally onerous to be a coach who has to make selections. He performs much less, it doesn’t detract from his qualities. We like having it within the locker room. What is claimed about his future is none of our enterprise. His father is his agent, if he determined to talk, that’s as much as him, nevertheless it doesn’t concern us “, first defined the captain of OM within the absence of Payet. Then his coach continued.

” I feel the query you may query all coaches. It’s not new. It’s part of soccer. For a coach, that is the toughest half. You want to choose eleven and 5 on the important thing. I really like all of them and so they all have the flexibility to play, sadly not everybody could be blissful. It’s the identical for Gerson, I actually just like the participant, he has unbelievable qualities, however I’ve to make selections. These are selections of the second for the great of the staff. It’s by no means in opposition to anybody. It’s one thing regular. An agent, in fact, comes, asks questions. There isn’t any case to make “, added the coach earlier than being pithy on a elevate from considered one of our colleagues, the darkish eye. However, because the participant’s father and agent stated, the top appears inevitable…