{"id":3387,"date":"2026-04-24T18:23:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T18:23:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/?p=3387"},"modified":"2026-04-24T18:23:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T18:23:12","slug":"marseille-mayor-benoit-payan-calls-for-replacement-of-clubs-horrible-new-logo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/updatelive.online\/?p=3387","title":{"rendered":"Marseille Mayor Beno\u00eet Payan calls for replacement of club\u2019s \u201chorrible\u201d new logo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div layout=\"desktop\">\n<p>Already described as a \u201cshit logo\u201d by several ultra groups at the V\u00e9lodrome stadium two weeks ago, OM&#8217;s new graphic identity is definitely not popular in Marseille. Launched on the subject by BFM Marseille Provence, Beno\u00eet Payan has attacked this famous controversial logo with a flamethrower since its launch on April 8.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"c-media\">\n<p><iframe title=\"McCourt a-t-il mis\u00e9 sur le bon cheval avec Mehdi Benatia ?  \" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" hspace=\"0\" vspace=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen=\"true\" mozallowfullscreen=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ultimedia.com\/deliver\/generic\/iframe\/mdtk\/01357940\/zone\/1\/src\/3lm3m0r\/showtitle\/1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The PS mayor of Marseille, re-elected in March, immediately blurted out: \u201cHe is horrible. I&#8217;ve seen logos, but never such ugly logos. It&#8217;s a mistake, they made a mistake. I think it needs to be fixed.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>Payan refers to Volkswagen troll<\/h2>\n<p>Suffice it to say that the Marseille elected official is openly calling on the club&#8217;s management to reverse course on this sensitive issue, in a (still) trying season, notably marked by the departures of Roberto De Zerbi and Pablo Longoria.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed-placeholder u-placeholder-twitter\" data-vendor=\"xtwitter-3cVkYrxq\">\n<div class=\"p-xxl@xs border-color-grey-200 radius-l@xs cmp-placeholder u-hidden\">\n<p class=\"mb-m@xs text-l@xs\">By clicking on<span class=\"ml-xxs@xs font-weight-bold@xs\">\u201cI accept\u201d<\/span>you accept the deposit of cookies by external services and will thus have access to the content of our partners.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-xl@xs text-s@xs\">More information on the Cookie management policy page<\/p>\n<p><button class=\"mx-auto@xs flex@xs items-center@xs justify-center@xs gap-xxs@xs c-btn c-btn--primary cmp-button\">I accept<\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Beno\u00eet Payan even quips ironically at the same time: \u201cDo you realize that Volkswagen has twisted its logo by making fun of us and saying that the OM logo is that of Volkswagen? I think he doesn&#8217;t quite match Olympique de Marseille. Some tell me we&#8217;ll get used to it. Yes, you get used to everything, but I don&#8217;t like it. \u00bb The message has gotten through, and the famous \u201cmutation\u201d driven by the club is struggling to convince Marseille.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Already described as a \u201cshit logo\u201d by several ultra groups at the V\u00e9lodrome stadium two weeks ago, OM&#8217;s new graphic identity is definitely not popular in Marseille. Launched on the subject by BFM Marseille Provence, Beno\u00eet Payan has attacked this famous controversial logo with a flamethrower since its launch on April 8. 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