Lopes has “a vengeful side” after his departure from OL

Anthony Lopes with the FC Nantes jersey

Released by OL after six months without playing, Anthony Lopes bounced back at FC Nantes. The guardian assumes a vengeful side with this new adventure.

By signing at FC NantesAnthony Lopes will have to wear green, he is a purebred Lyonnais. A little novelty to which the doorman had “already been confronted with Portugal so that’s fine.” After twenty-four years in the same club, the goalkeeper experiences the life of many footballers. That of uprooting and a career which led him to move to Loire-Atlantique.

Currently “at the hotel”Lopes experienced a “sensation bizarre” seeing a logo other than that of OL on the chest, but it is also the symbol of a new rebound for the Portuguese. After six months without playing, Lopes jumped at the opportunity offered by the Canaries to bounce back. “It's been the hardest six months of my career, but I've used it to regenerate mentally and physically. I arrive extremely fresh and ready for war.”he confided this Thursday during his presentation.

“I can’t go back to the past”

Downgraded in the hierarchy of goalkeepers between Rhône and Saône, Anthony Lopes had to learn “to digest it. It allowed me to know myself even more. I was used to playing one match after another. No longer playing from one day to the next was something completely new, I had to change quite a bit things.” Released by theOLthe goalkeeper is now applying for a starting place at Nantesand this, from Saturday at Lille.

A return to competition that he has waited for over the past six months and that he intends to sink his teeth into. “Revenge is the right word. I can't go back to the past, what's done is done. I have a vengeful side, but I'm not here to do things that go beyond my role. I'm still a player.” A player who hopes to shine and why not on January 26 with the arrival of a certain Lyon club at Beaujoire.