Monterrey, Nuevo Leon /
Andre Pierre Gignac He’s always been a striker with a cartel inside Europe despite the fact that in certain seasons his physical condition was not the best. He was in the sights of teams like him Liverpool or Valencia of Spain, the latter She wanted to convince him by sending him a plane with Iberian ham.
That was when I was in Toulouse, in the 2008-09 season and the Spaniards had Unai emery as a coach, but eventually preferred to remain on the team a year later emigrating to IF.
“I rejected Valencia. They sent me a plane with a good ham. I promise. They knew they would do the trick with a little Iberian ham, but I refused. It was time Unai emery, with Jeremy Mathieu. He had come and explained to me his whole tactical scheme. I refused, “he told RMC Sports.
He rejected Liverpool for Marseille
One year later, in 2010, Marseille Olympic to make him an offer, which he accepted, but had to say “no” Liverpool from First league. And with OM It lasted until 2015, when the opportunity presented itself to come to Mexico with Tigers.
“I was born in Martigues, 40 kilometers from Marseille. My whole childhood was OM. My family, everyone is for OM. My dream … What you need to know is that I had two papers in my hands. Either it was OM or Liverpool in 2010.
“Jean-Christophe Cano (his agent) comes and says:André, you have Liverpool or OM‘. And I said, “You can break the role Liverpool, let’s go to OM ‘. There, that’s it, “he said.
Marseille it was his family’s dream, and the club promoted him to the national team France, where he was called up Euro 2016, thus He has no regrets for refusing the English League to continue his career in League 1.
“No, never in my life! Never in my life … have I realized my dream. I realized the dream of all my cousins, the dreams of almost my whole family “, he commented.