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Marseille coach Andre Villas-Boas says he has resigned because he does not agree with the club’s “sports policy”.
Marseille has yet to accept or reject his resignation.
“I don’t want anything from Marseille. I don’t want money,” said Villas-Boas, who was appointed chief in 2019.
He told a news conference Tuesday: “I’m waiting for an answer, it could be no and then we would continue. I don’t want money, I just want to leave.
On Ntcham, he said: “The transfer window ended with the arrival of a new player. A decision that I did not make. I had nothing to do with this decision.
“In fact I found out in the press this morning. He is precisely a player for whom I said no [to signing]. He was never a player on our list. “
It comes just three days after Marseille’s home game against Rennes was postponed after violent scenes in his training ground.
Local police said 300 Marseille sympathizers “violently attacked” officers at the training center on Saturday.
There have been a number of protests in recent weeks from Marseille fans about the way the club is managed, on and off the pitch.
Villas-Boas said the events of the weekend “had nothing to do” with his decision to resign.
He led the club to second place in Ligue 1 last season, but said on Friday he was unlikely to get a contract extension beyond June and would leave at the end of this season.
The former Chelsea and Tottenham manager added: “The place needs a clean up, including me.”
Marseille are currently ninth in Ligue 1 and were eliminated in the group stage of the Champions League.
