World Champion Rejects PSG for Marseille: The Robert Pirès Transfer Saga

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Transfers – OM: A World champion rejects PSG for Marseille!

Published on March 27, 2024 at 3:00 a.m.

Graduated from School of Journalism in Paris. Specializing in football, and more particularly on the transfer window. Fan of PSG and Stade Français.

After obtaining his World Champion title in 1998 with the French team, Robert Pirès left FC Metz to take charge of OM. But the former attacking midfielder could have given a completely different turn to his career since he announced that PSG was also on his trail that summer.

As well as Zinedine Zidane, Yuri Djorkaeff, Thierry Henry or David Trezeguet, Robert Pirès was part of this generation of attackersFrench team who made the whole country dream in 1998 and 2000. Moreover, just after being crowned World champion with the Blues, Pirès had decided to leave the FC Metz to take a new step in his career, and he finally opted for OM.

“Taking a milestone at OM”

Questioned by Le Média Carré, Robert Pirès goes behind the scenes of this transfer in the summer of 1998: “I arrived at 24 years old, and when we arrived with Laurent Blanc and Christophe Dugarry we were world champions. The expectation is no longer the same, and a lot is expected of me. The first to be surprised by my choice to sign for OM was Carlo Molinari (Editor’s note: President of FC Metz at the time). He said to me ‘but you know that Marseille is not made for you. You are so kind’. And I told myself that I was fed up with this image and that I really wanted to take a step forward,” indicates the former player of theFrench team.

He snubbed PSG

Et Pirès goes on to reveal that the PSG was also on his trail during this period: “I had the choice between PSG, AS Monaco and Marseille. And I go to OM because I think I can do something. Succeed, I don’t know, but in any case I want to try it because the fervor at the Vélodrome is exceptional. And when you’re an OM player and things go well, it’s you. You are the king, you are a God.” THE PSG therefore missed a big one with Robert Pirèswho did not hesitate long before favoring theABOUT.

2024-03-27 02:00:00
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