The French striker, Andre Pierre Gignac de los Tigres has been playing in Mexico for nearly six years, a country that has welcomed him as one of the best players to make it to Liga MX.
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Now the French has surprised with some statements for the RMC newspaper assuring that he has a better quality of life in the Aztec country than in his territory of origin.
“I asked for Mexican citizenship but I still don’t have the papers, I’m waiting for it. I want to be the same as my children, they have dual citizenship, they are French-Mexican. I could stay in Mexico.” This is a quality of life that I cannot have in France, “the attacker said.
Gignac has just renewed his contract with the Tigers for the next three years and his plan is to retire from the club and then become a coach for the feline team.
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“The plan is to stay with Tigres after retirement and go up the stairs at the club step by step,” said the Frenchman.
Gignac was consulted, why is he not retiring in Marseilles? team that saw him succeed in his home country, an Argentinian would prevent him was his answer.
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“No, as a player that’s impossible. I mean it with all sincerity, they don’t need me. Darío Benedetto plays. I like him. He has an exceptional right foot, an exceptional left foot. He shoots from a distance. The problem is that he arrived at a time when Marseille is on a downward slope, ”he concluded.