

Articles tagged with "pape-diouf"
A Long week.
By Magnusson | July 11th, 2009This week as long. A funeral, countless rumors, new signings and our first game of the season to finish it all off. The Show had to ...
Drogba-to-Marseille prospect returns in cyclical fashion
By Daniel Phan | June 22nd, 2009It's intriguing, or rather not – to hear of speculation surrounding the 'imminent' return of Didier Drogba to the Vélodrome. You may ask “Why the pessimism? ...
President Pape Diouf was Fired...
By Magnusson | June 17th, 2009Oh boy. I'm just shocked. I don't want to comment on this too hastily. Robert Louis-Dreyfus decided to fire Pape Diouf this afternoon and as ...
Will Pape Diouf be our president next season?
By Magnusson | June 12th, 2009We all know how Marseille is a very popular club and how jealous of Pape Diouf a lot of people are and have become. His ...
Salim Arrache leaving as well...
By Magnusson | June 10th, 2009Here are some players whose names I haven't heard in a while, Salim Arrache and Fabrice Begeorgi. The two Marseille natives were kept in rosters ...
Cleaning out the Locker room...
By Magnusson | June 9th, 2009First of all, About Eidur Gudjohnsen, Pape Diouf said to French radio station RMC a few hours ago that there was no agreement whatsoever between ...
Zubar at Wolverhampton...
By Magnusson | June 9th, 2009While everyone was expecting him to go to Bordeaux where Laurent Blanc seemed very keen on welcoming him, and where he could have become the ...
Erik Gerets leaving Marseille...
By Magnusson | April 28th, 2009It's been creeping on us for a little while now. The last time our owner, SpongeBOb (Robert Louis-Dreyfus), came out in the press he came ...
Sylvain Wiltord is Marseillais...
By Magnusson | January 16th, 2009Yesterday around noon, Nino Wiltord arrived at the Commanderie for the traditional medical visit and an hour later, he was on the pitch for the ...
SpongeBob is no more!!!
By Magnusson | January 15th, 2009Our owner, billionaire Robert Louis-Dreyfus, a.k.a. Spongebob doesn't grant many interviews. But when he does, he rarely beats around the bush and goes straight to ...
Hunting Season open...
By Magnusson | December 16th, 2008The only thing we can get out of the snoozefest that was this Sunday's game is that France now has a championship that it can ...
Just in case we were getting bored...
By Magnusson | December 13th, 2008So, With the most infamous of our fans out on bail, with the team qualified for the second round of the UEFA CUP (or whatever ...
Santos Mirasierra is FREE...
By Magnusson | December 9th, 2008We were all hoping nothing happened in terms of retalaition sand such things and at 4 Pm today, the best news in a long ...
Santos Mirasierra sentenced...
By Magnusson | December 7th, 2008On October 1st, before we lost the game to Atletico madrid, some of our fans were attacked by the Spanish Police because of the banners ...
Marseille wins back the #2 spot, loses Mamadou Niang...
By Magnusson | December 6th, 2008After quite an eventful week where our fan Santos Mierrasierra, arrested in madrid on some bogus hooliganism charges and sentenced to 3 and a 1/2 ...
Uncomprehensible!
By Magnusson | November 16th, 2008We dropped the ball big time last night. I still don't understand what happened. It's impossible to wrap my head around it. We started the ...
Our players and the holy month of Ramadan...
By Magnusson | September 3rd, 2008On monday morning, around the world started the holy month of Ramadan for many muslims. the ninth month of the calendar is believed to be ...
Tyrone Mears and the Mercato is done...
By Magnusson | September 1st, 2008British right-back Tyrone Mears came on loan from Derby County (English First Division) this morning for the traditionnal medical visit and was then officially included ...
A mourning Marseille team beats Le Havre.
By Magnusson | August 28th, 2008It was supposed to be a happy reunion for Marseille players such as Steve Mandanda and Mamadou Niang. Both players have been formed at Le ...
Djibril Cissé leaves on loan to Sunderland...
By Magnusson | August 20th, 2008It had to be something big to get me out of my Olympics "vacation". Something even bigger than us scoring fours goals in each of ...
The case for Djibril Cissé...
By Magnusson | July 24th, 2008If there has been one player who hasn't said a word since the beginning of the seaosn it is Djibril Cissé. After having been left ...
Tuesday, slow news day...
By Magnusson | July 22nd, 2008A lot has happened in the last four days. Once Bakary Koné was signed from Nice, Pape Diouf told the press that the Mercato was ...
Baky Koné is very close...
By Magnusson | July 16th, 2008President Maurice Cohen gave Pape Diouf and his Marseille counterparts an ultimatum stating that if Marseille didn't give them what they were asking for on ...
Saturday morning MEGA update...
By Magnusson | July 11th, 2008I promised myself I wouldn't make this a habit but a lot happened this week IRL (In Real Life for all you World of Warcraft ...
Therapy Post: Making Sense of the Hatem Ben Arfa Debacle
By Inara | July 8th, 2008Disclaimer: I know that it’s been a week now since Hatem Ben Arfa left Lyon for Marseille. Both John and Magnusson have covered this topic ...
Friday Morning catch-up session...
By Magnusson | July 4th, 2008I have been so focused ton the Ben Arfa case the last two weeks that I didn't even post about everything else that was going ...
The last Ben Arfile: Hatem presented to the press...
By Magnusson | July 2nd, 2008So, after a few days of doubt, Hatem Ben Arfa is offically a Marseille player. After having proved numerous times in a very short period ...
The Ben Arfiles: Ben Arfa is a Marseillais, again.
By Magnusson | July 1st, 2008This time I can assure you it's done. Both clubs came to terms of agreement with the help of the juridic commision of the LFP ...
The Ben Arfiles: Hatem Ben Arfa trained today!
By Magnusson | July 1st, 2008As he announced, Hatem Ben Arfa was present and trained with his teammates (or maybe not. I'm not sure how to call them) while Claude ...
The Ben-Arfiles*: OL vs. HBA? It is ... ON!
By Magnusson | June 29th, 2008[*= The Ben Arfiles is the name I'm gonna give all the articles on Hatem Ben Arfa until his situation is sorted out. The name ...





