Become Persona Non Grata in Marseille after a fairly brutal media outing against him from a Medhi Benatia then advisor to President Pablo Longoria, Jonathan Clauss was pushed towards the release this summer, finally choosing to continue his career in Nice, under the orders of his former coach in Lens Franck Haise.
To his great regret, according to his confessions of the day in the team, the tricolor international lateral defender was not entitled to a second chance at the arrival of Roberto de Zerbi, who then wanted to speak with the new coach of OM before possibly retiring. And yet the interested party does not seem frankly to regret Marseille life.
“I like to live”
“” My life almost had no flavor, he explains. It was football, sleeping, football, sleeping. I could no longer set foot outside. There were rumors. People were confined to the media image that I had and that was false, when I was doing none of that. Today, I savor to be there (in Nice, editor's note). I go to the restaurant quietly with my partner or my parents, I walk a little in town. I breathe.
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And to add to illustrate his point: ” I like to walk around, I like to get out of my house, I like to live in fact. The problem is that it served me, because at the restaurant at noon or in the evening you come across people who wonder why you are there and not at home, while you just enjoy a moment with a family. It's good to be at home: we are lucky to have beautiful houses, but that's not life. It is to enjoy his family, to be able to get your mind. And in Nice, that's what I find.
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