By leaving OM in the summer of 2021, Florian Thauvin is saying no to a club which plays the leading roles in Ligue 1 by refusing to sign a new contract. His decision to join the Monterrey Tigers could have cost him dearly since it seems to have pushed the clubs in the French championship, even at the bottom of the table, to no longer take the world champion into consideration. Enough to push him into some negative thoughts.
The months before his departure as a free agent from the‘About, Pablo Longoria gave an interview to Téléfoot in October 2020 through which he sent a strong message to Florian Thauvin who was getting closer to a day-by-day departure from Olympique de Marseille. “Thauvin is part of the club’s heritage. That’s why it would be hard to lose an important player like him. In his situation, he will be free, that’s why we must all work together, club, player, entourage, to find the best solution. Football and life is always about finding solutions.”
“Until the clubs, even the bottom ones in Ligue 1, don’t answer my phone and refuse to take me on”
Ultimately, history will remember that Florian Thauvin did not extend. His wish was for exile in Mexico with André–Pierre Gignac to Monterrey Tigersbut this adventure was not fruitful for the French world champion. So much so that he was taken out of the circuit by certain Ligue 1 teams, particularly according to his statements on the channel Twitch you stream Zack Naniplunging him into a certain despair. “The armband and a second youth at Udinese? Seriously, I’m enjoying it. Frankly, I love it because I got all the glory. They took it off me and put me on the bottom. Until the clubs, even the bottom ones in Ligue 1, didn’t answer my phone and refused to take me. And there they give me again. When you’ve had it, it’s taken away from you and it’s given back to you, you appreciate it even more. When I made the choice to go to Mexico, I was mentally tired.”
“I said to myself: maybe I’ll stop playing at 33”
Like the other guests before him on the show Zack Freewheeling, Florian Thauvin did not make tongues and even explained that he had thought about early retirement before rediscovering the taste for football in Italy atUdinese. “I said to myself: maybe I’ll stop playing at 33. But you’re crazy, I have to make it to 40, I’m enjoying it, I’m having a blast. I have everything. I have accomplished a lot, now we have to make the most of it. I learned to love and enjoy through pain, work, sacrifice. Today I enjoy it, I go to the gym, I work, I hired a chef at home. I’m all in.” concluded the former OM winger.
