It’s a meeting that will inevitably have a special flavor for Florian Thauvin. Back in the French championship this summer, on the Lens side, the 32-year-old French international will meet Olympique de Marseille, Saturday evening (9:05 p.m.) in Bollaert, as part of the 8e day of Ligue 1.
Before his stints with the Monterrey Tigres and Udinese, “Flotov” played for seven seasons at OM, from 2013 to 2021, with a stint at Newcastle in the meantime. Enough to make him a legend of the Marseille club? The answer is no for Jérôme Rothen.
“Florian Thauvin has left his mark on Marseille football, that’s for sure, through his longevity, through his number of matches played and through his stats. (…) Thauvin has always had a major role in all the teams where he has played”first recognized the former Parisian on the airwaves of RMC.
“We have to stop seeing legends everywhere”
“He went to find his place in the French team and I congratulate him, Rothen continued. But if we play on the word legend, we have to stop seeing legends everywhere. I had the chance to play with and against legends with a capital L. There are not 15,000 of them. Being a legend of a club means longevity, the titles won, the influence you have had on the pitch but above all doing better than previous or future generations.
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OM legend or not, Florian Thauvin will be keen to shine against his former club. ” HAS Marseille he left his mark on a period of this club. It will be a special match for him. And when it is for him, he generally has a good match. We expect him to have a good match.”confided Pierre Sage in a pre-match press conference. The Marseillais have been warned.
