Overview
- Players on a four-night residency at La Commanderie, which ended Thursday, held an improvised party that left rooms in disarray and saw a fire extinguisher sprayed on staff member Bob Tahri, according to multiple reports.
- Club leaders met the squad Friday, with interim president Alban Juster and incoming president Stéphane Richard present, and they decided to exclude Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang from the next trip to Le Havre.
- Reports say Aubameyang led a group of about 10 players through the residence and later apologized to Tahri and the board, saying he had tried to liven up the atmosphere.
- Later coverage from La Provence reported the episode was not treated as aggressive and indicated the striker is expected to miss only the Le Havre match.
- The enforced stay was designed to halt a slide that has left Marseille seventh in Ligue 1, and it has drawn legal scrutiny from a Paris labor lawyer who called the lock-in a possible form of harassment.