Gennaro Gattuso could be in charge of Marseille by the time they face Albion.

The Italian is expected to succeed Marcelino, who left the club last week.

Gattuso was reportedly heading to Marseille to sign a deal today and then take training.

L'Equipe report the contract only runs until the end of season with a year's option.

OM lost 4-0 at Paris-St. Germain on Sunday under interim boss Jacques Abardonado.

The manner of the defeat persuaded directors they needed a new appointment sooner rather than later.

Christophe Galtier is understood to have turned the job down.

Marseille visit Monaco on Saturday with the Europa League game against Albion set to be Gattuso's home debut

Close OM watchers consider the club to be in crisis – as they were before their 3-3 draw at Ajax last Thursday.

Ajax have their own crisis after fans protested with their side 3-0 down at home to Feyenoord on Sunday.

The game was completed behind closed doors today and Feyenoord went on to secure a 4-0 win in an empty stadium.

The result leaves Ajax languishing 14th in the Eredivisie, having won just one of their opening five fixtures.

Fans were unhappy at the state of that game and the start to the season while believing the club have moved away from their proud tradition of developing and using their own young talent.

AEK Athens walked off ahead of their derby at Panathinaikos.

They refused to play after home ultras revealed a banner showing support of Dinamo Zagreb counterparts involved in the death of an AEK fan recently.

Once it had been removed, AEK came from a goal down to win 2-1 with goals from Steven Zuber and Orbelin Pineda.