Who could have imagined Christian Piot making his entrance on a lawn covered with the jacket bearing the Sporting Anderlecht crest? Anybody ! The thing was unthinkable. Except for an unusual character: Raymond Goethals! When he led the national team, Raymond-la-science swore by his Liège goalkeeper. So logical with himself when he took back the destinies of Anderlecht, he thought of bringing there the one in whom he had blind confidence.
“We never knew. I believe this is the first time that I have revealed it. Mr Goethals called me. He absolutely wanted to transfer me, ”says Christian. “This when I was injured and didn’t know if I could ever play again. I was not able to promise anything. Besides, unfortunately, I never came back ”.
Before this solicitation Christian was the object of various approaches. The most famous came from… FC Barcelona!
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