In the merciless war that has been waging, for a few weeks, the associations of supporters of the Olympique de Marseille (OM) and the president of the club, Jacques-Henri Eyraud, from which they are asking for the departure, the Marseille politicians have, these last hours, choose their side. The announcement, Monday, February 15, of the launch of “Agora OM”, an initiative aimed at “To reappropriate the term supporter so that it is no longer picked up by violent gangs”, according to the terminology of the management of the club, and, at the same time, the threat that the latter sent by registered mail to certain ultras groups to terminate their agreements, are unanimous against her, all parties included.
The President of the Republicans of the Aix-Marseille-Provence metropolis and of the Bouches-du-Rhône departmental council, Martine Vassal, expressed her “ surprise In front of the methods of the OM. Recalling that the supporters are “ the beating heart “ club, she ordered Jacques-Henri Eyraud to ” get it right “. The mayor of Marseille, Benoît Payan, socialist and leader of the Marseille Spring, expressed his “ incomprehension “Before the formal notice addressed to associations and said to have written to Mr. Eyraud to ask him to” calm things down “.
On the parliamentary side, communist senator Jérémy Bacchi and deputy La République en Marche Alexandra Louis also provide support to associations of supporters on social networks. The deputy mayor of Marseille, Samia Ghali, who had received some of the ultra officials after the excesses committed at the OM training center, the Commanderie, on January 30, denounces, she, “A disguised dissolution of supporters’ clubs”. The former senator thus warned, Tuesday February 16, on RMC Info:
“Jacques-Henri Eyraud as he is, he won’t do what he wants in Marseille (…) He waves a red rag to make people forget the results of OM. He is touching something which is sacred and which holds this city together. “
In a letter to the Minister for Sports, she asks Roxana Maracineanu to take part in an action of “Mediation necessary”. “We cannot admit that the management of Olympique de Marseille exceeds its powers (…), by doing justice to herself “, writes the elected official of the northern districts.
Fear of a “Leproux bis plan”
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