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Journalist
After trying different sports, Thibault turned to a career as an amateur footballer. When making a choice between becoming a professional footballer and a journalist, the qualities tipped the scales to one side. Here he is now in the editorial staff of 10 Sport, after a diploma obtained at the International Institute of Communication in Paris.
Revealed in Toulouse from 2009, Franck Tabanou then played at ASSE, Swansea, Grenade and Guingamp. But now his career and career could have been different. Indeed, failing to go to Spain, Tabanou could have known a 3rd club in Ligue 1 and not just any club: OM.
Now retired, Franck Tabanou has been one of the faces of Ligue 1 in recent seasons. Having evolved in particular at Toulouse and to theASSEthe one who played as left back returned this Sunday for The Team on his career. The opportunity for Tabanou to reveal his aborted departure from OM in 2016.
-OM wanted Tabanou
« A transfer that could have been made? After my loan to Saint-Étienne from Swansea (in 2016), the club told me that it was not counting on me. I then have two years of contract left. It’s August 31, I’m at a restaurant with my wife. My agent calls me to tell me that Granada is interested and Marseille too », first explains Franck Tabanou.
“I chose Spain and a Championship that suited me better”
However, this did not materialize with theABOUT and for good reason. “ OM offered a loan, I preferred a transfer. But I didn’t even wait for their response, I chose Spain and a Championship that suited me better », continued the one who therefore preferred to join Grenade.
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