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Mercato – OM: “I’m out of it”, he’s going to clash to sign for Marseille
Published on January 24, 2024 at 3:00 a.m.
It was in September 2013 that Florian Thauvin signed up with OM. The French international then arrived from LOSC, where he did not play a single match. At the time, this soap opera caused a lot of talk. But how did Thauvin end up in Marseille? The main person revealed everything behind the scenes, reporting in particular the details of the tensions with the management of the Mastiffs at the time.
Recruited by the LOSC in January 2013, Florian Thauvin was immediately loaned to Bastia where he finished the season. While it was planned that he would join the Mastiffs for the following season, the 2018 world champion ultimately never played with the northern club. Indeed, having entered into a standoff with the management of LOSC during the summer of 2013, Thauvin was sold toABOUT.
“I signed for Lille, but I have Marseille who want me”
It was in an interview for Carré that Florian Thauvin said everything about his transfer to the‘ABOUT in 2013. He then said: I have Marseille who want me, which was a bit of my dream. I went to discover the Vélodrome by going to play there with Bastia. That impressed me. So yes I signed for Lille, but I have Marseille who want me. Frédéric Paquet summons me to Lille with the excuse of offering me a new contract. Super happy, even if I had Marseille, I say it’s cool. In fact, when I walk into the office, he beats me up. “What are you doing? You haven’t done anything in football.” He’s killing me. In fact he wasn’t happy because someone had spoken to me about Marseille and I hadn’t denied it. It pissed him off. After the restart, Frédéric Paquet had calmed down a little, he was counting on me. And then he said to me: “In any case, OM doesn’t have the money to buy you.” I say they have the money. He said to me: “If you bring in €8M, the club will let you go”. I pass on the information, Marseille is offering €8M. Lille refuses, Mr Paquet comes to see me and tells me that if they bring €10M, he will accept. A few days later, OM made a proposal of €10M and it was refused again. Frédéric Paquet came back to see me, it was really starting to annoy me and he said to me: “It’s the last one, if the club brings in €12M, you can leave”. OM waits 2 weeks and sends €12M, Lille refuses.”
“I left and never came back”
Florian Thauvin then did not hesitate to go to battle to leave the LOSC and join theABOUT : “So what I do, I say to Mr Paquet: “It’s simple, I’m out. You have betrayed our trust. That’s not how I see life. I’m quitting, I’m stopping football. It’s over “. I go into the locker room, I take my crampons, I leave and I never come back. Lille ended up selling me to Marseille for a little over €15m on the last day of the transfer window. They made me look like the bad boy.”
2024-01-24 02:00:00
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