It is a trajectory that defies the laws of football physics. Evicted from Rennes on 9th February due to a “toxic internal climate” despite an honourable 6th place, Habib Beye only took ten days before bouncing back. OM, in search of a new breath after the brutal departure of Roberto De Zerbi, jumped at the opportunity.
For Beye, the issue goes beyond a simple sporting challenge. It is a quest for legitimacy. If his accounting balance in Brittany was solid (1.56 points per match on average), his inability to manage the tensions with his management left traces. In Marseille, the challenge that awaits him is immense. He must relaunch an OM in the race for the Top 3 in Ligue 1, go to win the Coupe de France but above all restore confidence to a locker room paralyzed by events of recent days.
A drifting locker room and a tense management
Because the last few weeks have not been quite restful on the side of the Phocaeans. The humiliation during the classic with the 5-0 suffered at the Parc des Princes on 8 February remains an open wound, just like the frustrating draw against Strasbourg (2-2) last weekend, which confirmed that the mental spring was broken. Added to this a revamped management with Medhi Benatia now in full sports powers under the eye of Frank McCourt, Beye arrives as the priority choice of a board that no longer has the right to make mistakes.
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