Matteo Guendouzi is enjoying his football under Olympique Marseille coach Jorge Sampaoli.
Guendouzi is on-loan at OM from Arsenal with a permanent option included.
He said yesterday: "When you tell me Jorge Sampaoli, the first word that comes to me is extraordinary! He is extraordinary in his way of being, but also in his way of coaching and in his way of seeing football. Many people see him on his touchline, walking like mad in front of his bench. They think he takes the 1,000 steps without understanding anything and gets angry all the time.
"In reality, Sampaoli does not boil down to that. You just have to see the way we play. Did you see how he set up his vision for football? That's wonderful. If you look at how we've been playing since the start of the season, it's magic. We had some very good matches. We are in the process of creating a real playing philosophy with this coach. That's why it works well.
"Humanly, I really like his person. Before signing, he presented the project to me. He explained to me what he wanted to do with me. This is what I liked about his speech. He said to me: 'Matteo, you are a very good player, but with me, you will improve and learn new things'.
"This is what I have been doing since I arrived."
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