The Guardian: Marseille moving at ‘speedboat pace’ after rebrand in their aim to make waves
“Here in Marseille your blood is not red, it’s blue,” says Les Marseillaises’ manager, Corinne Diacre. “Even today it can be hard for some parents to see their girls wanting to play football, but here they don’t play football: they play for Marseille. It’s seen as completely different.”
Diacre is happy and relaxed. The rebranded and independent Marseille women’s team, still owned by the American businessman Frank McCourt, through the investment arm McCourt Global, after his purchase of the wider Marseille club in 2016, are being given an injection of resource and energy while maintaining strategic ties.
Diacre was a statement appointment last October by the promoted top-tier side, and she has been reenergised by the project. This is the 51-year-old’s first head coach role since her contract as manager of the France women’s team was terminated in 2023 because of what the French Football Federation described as “a very significant divide” with the players that “reached the point of no return”.
Read the full piece on The Guardian’s website.