André Villas-Boas, the former manager of Tottehnam, might well have signed with Olympique de Marseille. In search of a successor to José Anigo on the bench of the club for next season, Vincent Labrune has thought of the Portuguese technician a few days. But the former mentor of Adebayor opted for Zenit St. Petersburg.

The reason? The OM president explained that he could not give guarantees to the Portuguese coach for the recruitment to come next summer.