Habib Beye to remain in charge for Marseille’s final two Ligue 1 matches

Habib Beye to remain in charge for Marseille’s final two Ligue 1 matches

According to a report from L’Équipe, Marseille have decided against making another managerial change with just two games of the Ligue 1 season left despite Saturday’s 3-0 defeat to Nantes.

OM’s hierarchy have not considered replacing Beye ahead of crucial fixtures against Le Havre and Rennes, even as the club’s season continues to unravel dramatically. The former Red Star coach has now suffered five defeats in his ten league matches in charge, but Marseille’s leadership reportedly believe the problems run far deeper than the coach himself.

After Roberto De Zerbi’s departure earlier this year, Jacques Abardonado briefly took interim charge for a 2-2 draw against Strasbourg in February, but Marseille are reluctant to repeat another short-term reshuffle. Club officials instead see a fractured dressing room, exhausted squad, and disappearing authority figures as the root causes behind the collapse.

Marseille were once targeting automatic UEFA Champions League qualification but have now fallen to seventh place in Ligue 1. Their only realistic objective is now securing a UEFA Europa Conference League play-off spot, which would become available if RC Lens defeat OGC Nice in the Coupe de France final later this month.

The defeat at Nantes followed another disastrous away performance at Lorient in April and also report that it has prompted the club to impose yet another lockdown at La Commanderie. Players reported back to the training ground on Sunday morning after returning from Nantes the previous evening and were informed they would remain together under stricter conditions from Monday night onwards.