Former Marseille ahead Christophe Dugarry says Mason Greenwood needs to be “burned on the stake” after a dismal efficiency within the 3-0 defeat at Nantes on Saturday.
Greenwood was recalled to the beginning XI after being left on the bench for the sport with Good the week earlier than however did not take his likelihood as Marseille’s disappointing season hit a brand new low.
The defeat left OM in seventh place in the Ligue 1 table and struggling to qualify for European competitors subsequent season.
Dugarry was angered by Greenwood, particularly, describing the one-time England worldwide as a “shame”.
Talking on RMC Sport’s ‘Rothen s’enflamme’ podcast, he mentioned: “It’s shameful what he did in opposition to Nantes. I noticed him strolling. There have been occasions once I checked out him and the man was simply pretending. He doesn’t give a rattling.
“I don’t perceive how anybody can defend him. He needs to be condemned, burned on the stake. A minimum of faux [to care]. He’s throwing a ‘go to hell’ in everybody’s face. He’s an absolute shame, pathetic.”
Greenwood given likelihood by Marseille
Greenwood was given the possibility to resurrect his profession within the south of France after his spell at Manchester United was abruptly ended when he was charged with tried rape, controlling and coercive behaviour and assault occasioning precise bodily hurt after movies surfaced on social media.
The fees had been later dropped after new materials got here to mild.
Dugarry believes the 24-year-old, who has been linked with a transfer away from the Stade Velodrome on the finish of the season, needs to be doing extra to indicate his gratitude to Marseille for giving him a possibility.
“I attraction to his pleasure,” he added. “This man was struggling. He made an enormous mistake earlier than Marseille signed him. He might by no means have performed soccer once more. Everybody did every part to provide this boy an opportunity. I really feel ashamed for him.
“He’s a pacesetter of this staff, everybody depends upon him. When he’s not there, everybody cries for his absence. And what does he give again, after all of the sacrifices?
“He’ll make the membership some cash however no-one will cry for him.”
La Provence additionally goes in exhausting on Greenwood
Native newspaper La Provence was additionally disgusted by Greenwood’s show in opposition to Nantes, though they had been equally scathing of his team-mates, scoring all of them zero out of 10 of their participant rankings.
Of their evaluation of Greenwood, the paper mentioned: “It’s straightforward to see why English soccer’s enfant horrible discovered himself on the bench final Sunday.
“While individuals are fast to throw across the time period ‘skilled misconduct’ on the drop of a hat, Greenwood’s behaviour on Saturday was certainly a transparent case of it.
“Scandalous from begin to end, he noticed match to walk about after numerous turnovers, whine when his team-mates didn’t move to him, or act as if he had been in a circus by making an attempt pointless methods for his personal amusement while the membership’s monetary future was at stake.
“In different circumstances, he would have deserved half some extent for at the least managing to tie his boots.”
Marseille boss Beye has no defence for appalling show
Golf equipment in Saudi Arabia have been linked with Greenwood, who regardless of his latest issues has scored 25 objectives and added 10 assists in 48 video games this season.
Marseille, now underneath Habib Beye after the departure of Roberto De Zerbi, tackle Le Havre and Rennes of their closing two Ligue 1 video games and will should win them each to play in Europe subsequent season.
Beye was unimpressed by his staff’s efforts at Nantes, saying: “For me, I can’t analyse it as there was no efficiency on our half. There isn’t a clarification. No vitality in what we produced, no high quality.
“I don’t know [if the players gave up]. However we had been empty. That is unacceptable and tough to clarify given the work we did throughout the week. I might have taken off 80% or 90% of the staff at half-time.”
