Formerly of FC Barcelona, Eric Abidal first played for a few Ligue 1 clubs at the start of his career. In Lille, he strongly impressed Grégory Tafforeau.
Now aged forty-five, Eric Abidal put his crampons away ten years ago. But during his rich career, the man who was notably selected sixty-seven times for the France team knew how to establish himself in his position as left back. Discovered among the professionals at AS Monaco, he then headed to Lille. The opportunity given to some of his teammates at the time to judge his talent. Grégory Tafforeau has not forgotten him.
During an interview published on Sunday by
The Teamthe latter was asked to name the name of the strongest player with whom he had played. And the verdict is in.
“Eric Abidal. He arrived from Monaco to get back on track. He found Claude Puel and we discovered a player far above everyone else. » Not short of compliments for the one who will fly a little later to Olympique Lyonnais then FC Barcelona, Grégory Tafforeau continued his praise for Eric Abidal.
Superior to others
“He single-handedly raised the level of the team. He had greater intensity and we had the impression that even if he was at 50%, he was wandering around in speed, in intelligence, in duels. » Although he didn't win anything with Losc during his stay between 2002 and 2004, Eric Abidal then made up for it in Lyon by winning three French championship titles between 2005 and 2007. Having left for Barcelona in 2007, the former defender continued his harvest of titles.
With the Blaugrana, he won four Spanish championship titles, two Champions Leagues, two Club World Cups and three Spanish Super Cups.
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