Former Paris Saint-Germain star, David Ginola has been working for two years now on the set of the Champions Club Canal during the evenings of the most prestigious European Cups. Present this Thursday alongside Laure Boulleau and Hervé Mathoux in particular, the ex-attacker returned to one of his biggest disappointments from his football career.
After three seasons spent in Paris (1992-1995), David Ginola was contacted by FC Barcelona, then trained Johan Cruyff, his youth idol. The Dutch legend had fallen completely under the spell of the “Magnifico” during the quarter-final of the Champions League between PSG and Barça during the 1994-1995 season.
“” We went to play golf. It was the pretext to meet. It was impressive, because it was still my youth idol “Said David Ginola on his first meeting with Johan Cruyff. Yes but here it is, its transfer to Catalonia could not be finalized. What French still regrets today.
Ginola: “Cruyff wanted at all costs to take me”
“It was not done because of the Bosman stop. Cruyff wanted at all costs to take me, but they already had seven foreigners “, He said with a touch of bitterness. Courted by other clubs, Ginola has waited in the hope that Stoichkov and Hagi leave the Barcelona training to give it a place, to no avail. “” It is still playing at Barça and it was the best team in the world with Milan “, He regrets.
“I waited, expected and pushed back until mid-July. But afterwards, I had to make a decision “Added the native of Gassin. Faced with the impossibility of signing to FC Barcelona, the former French international (17 elections, 3 goals) finally chose to join Newcastle. There, he is ” A legend in St James' Park “And had” The chance to have played in England “, A championship” fabulous. »»
