“A jamais les premiers…

By: Magnusson | July 31st, 2007

Ladies and gentlemen, allow me to re-introduce myself, my name is Massaër, MA to the double S, A…. I believe in Marseille since childhood and I guess even back then you could have called me Marseille’s #1 fan (enough with the Jay-Z references). I’m taking over the vacant position of the Marseille Offside. It was a long process but it finally happened. No offense to anybody, but it seemed criminal that my childhood team and the most popular of all french clubs would be left Offside-less. Consider this anomaly corrected.

I was born in paris, grew up in Sénégal, and came back to Paris to go to college. I carry about three passports everywhere I go (senegalese, french and of course my “made in Marseille” Picsou magazine 1993 iD).
Why do I support Marseille? L’OM is the first french club to win the only European competition that counts (don’t even get me strarted on the team that won a cup that doesn’t exist anymore beating an Austrian team of all opponents!), the UEFA Champions League. But my fascination with this team started way before that and way before Bari. I was a fan since the Amoros, Cantona, Waddle, Enzo francescoli, Bruno Germain, JPP, and Carlos Mozer era.
Here are my credentials and they give me the right to have absolute ideas and I’ll always be right, even when I’m wrong. Yes people, I got swagger and skills when it comes to this!!! and if my humongrous ego is to be believed, no one can do this better.

On a more serious tip though, I hope I’ll be up to the task and I’ll make sure this blog doesn’t disappoint the hardcore fans nor alienate the others. Before we get this thing started, I’d like to thank my half-tunisian, half-american brethren and now colleague Rami for putting me up to the World Cup Blog and then to the Offside last summer, Inara for convincing me to make this Marseille blog happen and Bob for welcoming me to the team…

And by the way, if Rami has definitly reached Ronaldinho-level skills with his keyboard, I hope I won’t be remembered for my Abel Xavier qualities once everything is said and done (the funny/ridiculous haircut and the ability to fake his way through a somewhat highly respectable career).

Peace…