Mentally tired when he left the Tigers and very discreet on an accounting level when he arrived at Udinese, Florian Thauvin is enjoying a second round of health in Italy this season. Captain and No. 10, the winger is at the helm of the transalpine club’s very good start to the season. In the show Zack en Roue Libre, the former French international explained all the work put in place to get there.
A Florian Thauvin 2017-2018 version this year? Building on the momentum of his end of season at Udinese, the French winger continues to flourish on the pitches of Serie A. A happy striker, who we trust. The captain and number 10 of the Italian club is particularly decisive at the start of the season (4 goals and 3 assists), making him one of the major players in the very good start to the season for the Black and Whites, currently 5th in the league. .
An incredible situation when we remember his complicated time with André-Pierre Gignac’s Tigres. “When I made the choice to go to Mexico, I was mentally tired, I told myself that I was going to stop playing at 33, or even 34. But now I have to go until I’m 40 . I play, I enjoy it, I have fun Now, we have to enjoy it,” he says on the show Zack en Roue Libre. At 31, Florian Thauvin has “the impression of living a second youth. “I had glory, then it was taken away from me and I was put at the bottom, until even the last from Ligue 1 don’t answer my phone and refuse to take me,” he smiles at streamer Zack Nani.
A real revenge for the former Newcastle player who was even pre-summoned to the French team, during Didier Deschamps’ last list… Enough to further encourage one of the most decisive French attackers at the start of this season. season.
Pain, sacrifice, work…
Florian Thauvin now has big intentions. “My goal today is to return to the French team,” says the 31-year-old winger clearly. And to find Didier Deschamps and company (whom he has not seen since 2019), the former Bastia left no room for doubt. “Today and for a while now, I have done everything in my career to be as efficient as possible. I hired a chef who is in contact with the club’s nutritionist, who plans my menus. I no longer eat gluten, no more sugar at all,” Thauvin detailed on the show Zack en Roue Libre on Thursday evening. A work which paid off, since he became slimmer, losing 5 kg and 4% of body fat.
“I struggled until I cried. I then learned to love, to enjoy the pain, the work, the sacrifice. Today, I go to the gym even more, I work. People didn’t understand, they said to themselves: ‘What do you mean, he was in the hole and he became number 10 and captain overnight.’ It’s not done like that. There is work that has been done,” said the Udinese captain. Before the next international break, Florian Thauvin has five games left to continue to convince Didier Deschamps and the Blues staff.
