Marseille's season has taken a dramatic turn for the worse, and now the club's top brass is reportedly taking drastic measures. Owner Frank McCourt and sporting director Medhi Benatia are said to be furious with the squad's recent collapse, and according to journalist Daniel Riolo on RMC's After Foot, they want to "make players pay" by imposing a punitive lockdown at the training ground.

The Olympique de Marseille squad has been confined to La Commanderie following a humiliating 3-0 defeat to FC Nantes on Saturday. This loss caps off a worrying trend—Marseille have won just one of their last six Ligue 1 matches, sliding from title contention to seventh place with only two games left in the season. After spending much of the campaign near the top of the table, the freefall has ignited tensions behind the scenes.

Riolo revealed that McCourt is personally backing the lockdown. "Frank McCourt is very, very angry. He is also pushing for the players to be locked in. It's almost like revenge against the players. Basically: 'You're on huge salaries, what you're doing is shameful, so we're going to make you pay for it,'" he said.

However, not everyone at the club is on board. Head coach Habib Beye reportedly disagrees with the measure, believing the fractured dressing room is beyond such punishment. "This decision doesn't satisfy Habib Beye because he knows the group is no longer following," Riolo added. "In a squad, if three players stop playing for you, it's finished."

In modern football, locking players away for days or weeks is often seen as outdated. But with emotions running high and the season slipping away, Marseille's hierarchy seems determined to send a message. "Nobody really believes locking players away for one or two weeks works anymore," Riolo concluded. "But they are in a mindset of wanting to make them pay."