Ligue 1 Uber Eats: "The board cannot accept personal threats" (Olympique de Marseille)

"The Olympique de Marseille (Ligue 1 Uber Eats) directorate cannot accept personal threats. Its members cannot tolerate individual attacks and any form of unfounded public defamation. A relationship based on intimidation cannot guarantee the minimum acceptable conditions for the club's board of directors to continue to invest in the transformation of OM," announced the French club on the evening of 19/09/2023.

OM's comments come the day after a meeting at the Robert Louis-Dreyfus training centre between the club's directors - represented by Pablo Longoria (president), Javier Ribalta (director of football), Pedro Iriondo (CEO) and Stéphane Tessier (deputy CEO for finance and investment) - and representatives of several supporters' groups who are contesting their management of the club (transfers, training, women's team, etc.) and have called for them to resign in a generally hostile atmosphere. "The threat of a 'war' (sic) against them was issued, for as long as they did not resign from their posts," explained Olympique de Marseille.

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