Marcelino García Toral decides which team he will coach next season – Spain’s News

Marcelino Garcia Toralwithout a team after passing through Athletic, will be the new coach of Olympic Marseille replacing Igor Tudor, according to the French press, which explains this choice above all because of the proximity of the Spanish coach to the club’s president, Pablo Longoria.

The station RMC Sports affirms this Wednesday that Marcelino García Toral has reached an agreement last night with Olympique de Marseille and that only some details remain to be finalized, information also confirmed by French Info and then by L’Equipe. According to RMC SportsMarcelino is going to sign for two seasons.

various means, such as L’Equipeit had already advanced in the last days that the former coach of the Athletic Bilbao and of Villarreal, he was the favorite against other names that sounded, such as the still boss of the PSG bench, Christophe Galtier or the Argentine Marcelo Gallardo.

The main reason for the decision, for which the official announcement is still awaited, is the friendship between Marcelino Garcia Toral and Pablo Longoria, since they coincided in Valencia, where the current leader of the Olympic Marseille He was the sports director and Marcelino was on the bench.

The Spanish coach, from 57 yearshe did not have a club since he left Bilbao in the summer of 2022 and, if confirmed, that of Marseille would be his first experience outside his country.

Marcelino Garcia Toral began his coaching career in 1997 with the Loyaltyin 2006 he got the Recreational Huelva climbed to the First Division and three years later he did the same with the Real Zaragoza.

He was twice in charge of the bench of the Santander Racing and in his first stage he qualified for the UEFA Cup for the first time.

After a brief stint at Sevilla, he led the villarreal for more than three and a half years, and then three seasons at the Valencia and two in the Athletic Bilbao.