André Villas-Boas resigns as Marseille manager after Oliver Ntcham signed against his wishes

Marseille manager André Villas-Boas has announced that he has offered his resignation this morning after the club signed Olivier Ntcham from Celtic. The former Chelsea and Tottenham manager stated that he didn’t want to bring the Celtic midfielder into the club.

Ntcham has also upset the Marseille fans who have unearthed various tweets from the PSG supporting Olivier Ntcham that have got the Celtic man off to a terrible start at the French side.

“I just want to leave Marseille. I am not asking anything else from the board,” André Villas-Boas stated at his press conference today, Get French Football News reports. “I haven’t heard back from the board yet about my offer to resign.”

Ntcham left Celtic yesterday to join Marseille on loan until the end of the season, with the French side hammering down the agreed option to buy fee from €10m to just €4.5m. Incredibly in summer 2019 Celtic knocked-back a bid of €13.5m from Porto.

Ironically André Villas-Boas was previously linked with the Celtic job before opting for a move to Marseille.

Breaking | Marseille manager André Villas-Boas announces that he has offered his resignation this morning after the club signed Olivier Ntcham when he didn’t want him. More follows.

— Get French Football News (@GFFN) February 2, 2021

𝗚𝗹𝗮𝘀𝗴𝗼𝘄 ➡️ 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝘀𝗲𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲

Après son aventure 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿, @OlivierNtcham est officiellement Olympien 💙
Bienvenue 𝗢𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗶𝗲𝗿 😁👋 #DroitAuBut pic.twitter.com/PqelbP9neV

— Olympique de Marseille (@OM_Officiel) February 1, 2021

AVB gets a signing he doesn’t want and tenders his resignation.

Celtic are out of the title race in January, 23 points behind, 8 wins in 24 games, 6 points from a possible 18…..

And Neil Lennon is ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/REDUIPwKh4

— The Cynic (@90MinuteCynic) February 2, 2021

"He is a player I said no to. He was not on our list."

Andre Villas-Boas says he has offered to resign as Marseille head coach over the signing of Celtic midfielder Olivier Ntcham.

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— Anthony Joseph (@AnthonyRJoseph) February 2, 2021

Update on this story. Marseille have now announced the dismissal of André Villas Boas with immediate effect. Funny old game as they say, especially the Celtic fans now linking AVB with the Celtic job. He was a contender – according to the bookies – before the job was given to Neil Lennon in the showers at Hampden. Yep, a funny old game!

Breaking | Marseille announce the dismissal of André Villas Boas with immediate effect.

— Get French Football News (@GFFN) February 2, 2021