André-Pierre Gignac pointed out that he wants to fulfill ten years with Tigres and leave in 2025, but he does not rule out a premature departure in case of “pitying”
the french striker Andre-Pierre Gignac assured his wish is to stay a decade with tigersspoke of the technician Ricardo Ferretti and recalled that he gave the team a title in the Opening 2011 after 29 years that the club was not crowned in Mexican soccer, “like Cruz Azul”.
“We are going to try, my goal is to complete 10 years at the club tigersI arrived in 2015 and leave in 2025, that is my ideal scenario, but being competitive, to make people feel bad, I better leave earlier, ”he declared.
Gignac He arrived at the felines in 2015, the year in which he played the Copa Libertadores with the team, in which they lost against the Argentine team River Plate, but since he joined the squad he stood out for his performance.
The Frenchman has become a pillar of tigers, with whom he became the team’s top scorer in history, in addition to winning four league titles, one from the Concacaf Champions League and other alternate tournaments. They also played in the final of the Club World Cup.
Regarding his relationship with coach Ricardo Ferretti, he said that it is good, that they even still maintain communication and highlighted the performance that the Brazilian had with the cats for eleven years.
“He is a character, he is my friend, we have a relationship and he has it with Nahuel Guzman and Guido Pizarro; he is an incredible human being, off the pitch he is not like that. Tuca studied psychology, he is very smart. We would win on Saturday and he would arrive angry, we would lose on Saturday or Sunday and he would arrive with a smile. It is so, the truth is he is a character.
“He won five league titles, four with me and one in 2011. In 2011 he won one after 29 years (without championships for the club in Mexican soccer) as the Blue Cross”, he declared in “From the Cerro de La Sulla” hosted by Franco Escamilla.
Offers from abroad
Gignac He said that he has had offers from other teams and that even when he had offers from clubs in China and Saudi Arabia, he rejected them despite being millionaires.
“I received an offer from China, money is not everything for me, 18 million euros for two years and I said no, three years in Saudi for 10 million euros per year, net, but I said no. At this time I was going to renew with tigersI want to play something father, with an incredible passion, competitive.
“Arabia is not Qatar, you live in a residence with Europeans or Americans, it is very difficult to leave, so I choose a lifestyle, a passion, a League, which is competitive for me, where I love the Liguilla, this tournament with a playoff,” he added. .
Mexicans in Europe
Andre-Pierre Gignac He spoke about the Mexican players who emigrate to European soccer and the specific case of Diego Lainez, who, from his point of view, was sold by America early.
“For me, if a young man has to leave, he has to have made four short tournaments as a starter, being competitive in Mexico to be able to make the big jump. If you invest in a training center, the money will return to you by selling the players, but it is a process and Pachuca understood it. Pachuca sells players for 10, 15, 20 million, why not the others?
“America he sold Lainez and for me they sold him very early, not finished the player, to Betis. For me he had to stay six months, one more year and today he would start in Spain, but we did not finish training players. Pachuca finishes training them”, said the attacker.