Marseille's manager Anigo seems to have dropped Ahmed Hossam 'Mido', because he wants his new striker on loan, Koke, to be ready for the Inter Milan clash. Mido didn't start but instead came on after 70 minutes, something which surprised a few fans.

Steve Marlet was injured for a number of weeks, and so it was expected that Mido starts with Drogba. However, the manager started Drogba and Sergio Contreras Pardo, known as 'Koke'.

Ahmed Hossam picked up another yellow card in the last Uefa Cup match, thus suspending him for the quarter final encounter against Inter Milan. This means that Anigo needs someone alongside Drogba, but Marlet is injured. For this reason, he played Koke. The Spanish striker had only seen 13 minutes of action for Marseille, so he needed to get used to the style of play.

Meanwhile, some other rumours are developing that Mido had another argument with his manager, but this is far from confirmed.

EP will keep you updated on the situation at Marseille in due course...

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