Genesio earns €400,000 per month at Marseille, more than Deschamps in his day

Bruno Genesio receives €400,000 gross per month at Olympique de Marseille, or €4.8 million per year, according to information revealed by L’Équipe. This remuneration, higher than what Didier Deschamps earned during his time on the Canebière between 2009 and 2012, is causing controversy among some Marseille supporters.

Deschamps earned around €240,000 gross per month at the time — €2.88 million annually — for a significantly more impressive sporting record. The contrast with Genesio’s current results, who has suffered four defeats in five Ligue 1 matches since taking over last summer, fuels criticism on social media. “Even Didier Deschamps at Marseille didn’t take this salary. It’s excessive… We need to learn from past mistakes,” writes a supporter on X.

Genesio’s salary also represents a significant increase from what he earned in his previous position: the 60-year-old coach was earning around €220,000 per month at LOSC. This substantial raise now weighs on the club’s finances, in an economic context that the board itself describes as difficult.

The scale of the contract has a direct consequence on sporting management: according to L’Équipe, Marseille’s executives are unable to part ways with their coach without assuming a prohibitive cost. Until now, supporter anger has focused mainly on the board and owner Frank McCourt; these salary revelations have partially shifted the debate toward the coach himself.