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Journalist
Graduated from Journalism School in Paris. Specializing in football, and more particularly on the transfer window. Fan of PSG and Stade Français.
When leaving OGC Nice during the 2012 summer transfer window, Anthony Mounier could have signed for OM since he was the subject of an agreement between the two clubs for a transfer. But the left-handed striker, who had already given his word to Montpellier, finally decided to snub OM to respect his commitment to the Hérault club.
Pure product from the training center ofOlympique Lyonnais, Anthony Mounier was however very close to joining the Marseille rival. Indeed, while he walked very hard with theOGC Nicethe left winger was courted by theABOUT who had even reached an agreement with the Aiglons to complete the transfer of Mounier. But for his part, the player already had an oral commitment with Montpellierwho had just been crowned champion of France, and he therefore decided to crash OM to keep his word.
“I had already given my word”
Questioned in the columns of THE TEAM, Anthony Mounier recounts his abortive transfer to theABOUT : « The transfer that almost happened? In Marseille, when I finish in Nice. The president of OM agrees with that of Gym for a transfer. I had already given my word to Montpellier, which I was happy to join. OM were in a delicate situation because there was no coach. I had experienced a first transfer from Lyon to Nice late in life (in 2009) and I didn't want to relive the same thing. I wanted to quickly join a club to attack the pre-season. It wasn't the right time for me to go there “, he explains.
“Courbis put my head and then my legs back upright”
Mounier therefore finally signed to Montpellier in 2012, but it was especially during his last season in Hérault (2014-2015) that he was most successful: “ Rolland Courbis put my head and then my legs right side up! I was really confident and everything I tried, I succeeded. It was really a prolific season in terms of goals and assists. », continues the former striker of theOL.
