Le départ de Medhi Benatia de l’OM ne passe décidément pas inaperçu. Already on the middle of quite a few discussions since his withdrawal from the Marseille group chart, the previous Olympian sports activities director is now triggering an enormous controversy after statements about PSG which deeply shocked some Marseille supporters.

Benatia ignited the powder with PSG

Visitor of the present The Bridge, Benatia launched a sentence which instantly set social networks on hearth: “If tomorrow Nasser wants me (…), that it have to be in a task at PSG and that at that second, I prefer it, however I do not owe something to anybody. »

An outing that was extraordinarily poorly obtained in Marseille. Automotive au second de l’enregistrement de cette émission, Benatia occupait encore officiellement un poste à l’OM. Clearly, many Olympian supporters skilled this declaration as an actual betrayal, particularly after the numerous sturdy speeches made by the previous defender round his attachment to the membership.

OM on the coronary heart of a battle for affect?

And Jérôme Rothen was fast to react. On RMC Sport, the previous PSG participant harshly criticized Benatia: “Once I hear him discuss like that, saying that he can take up a place with Nasser at Paris Saint-Germain… Contemplating the way you defended OM, how you set them ahead and we defended you as a result of we believed in it… However this can be a betrayal for the supporters. » Avant d’enfoncer encore davantage le clou : « Après, peut-être qu’on n’a pas les mêmes valeurs. » Des propos très durs qui relancent encore un peu plus les tensions autour de l’ancien dirigeant marseillais. However the controversy doesn’t finish there.

On the Résultat : le feuilleton Benatia prend désormais une dimension beaucoup plus explosive. Between the Marseille supporters who really feel betrayed, the general public criticism of Rothen and the innuendoes round inner tensions within the media, the previous Moroccan worldwide leaves OM in a very electrical ambiance.