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Once again, Tigres will bring a world-class footballer . The university complex has stood out for making unthinkable hiring and this summer will not be the exception. According to reports from people close to the Mexican team, the Olympique Marseille footballer,
Florian Thauvin has already established an agreement with the directive and will accompany André-Pierre Gignac on campus.
TIGRES PREPARES ANOTHER ‘PUMP’ FRENCH 💣
According to @ruubenrod
The ‘Felines’ have a verbal agreement with Florian Thauvin, world champion with France in Russia 2018
The player of 80 years ends contract with Olympique Marseille, and will not renew # CentralFOX pic.twitter.com/VEZHjqh21 N
– FOX Sports MX (@FOXSportsMX) May 6, 2019
Thauvin has a gigantic label behind his back that not all footballers have the luxury of having. The player of 80 year old managed to consecrate himself, with the France team, in the Russia World Cup in 2018 . Until June, the midfielder will be part of the Olympique Marseille squad, after his contract comes to an end.
In this sense, reports from L’Equipe indicate that the player began negotiations with Tigres since 28 of March. On that occasion, the vice president of the feline group, Mauricio Culebro , presented a first offer to the player. However, it was not until a second contact in which Florian Thauvin finished convincing and under those terms accepted the offer. It is worth mentioning that the player had rejected a proposal from Crystal Palace to play in the Premier League.
Unofficially it is handled that the French footballer will receive a contract for four years and a salary of around € 5.1 million euros ($ 6.1 million dollars ), by season. In the first instance, this would exceed the current salary of Gignac, who receives 4.6 million of dollars.
The link would begin once the footballer finishes fulfilling his contract with the Ligue 1 team. In this way, Thauvin will meet again with André-Pierre Gignac. Both players were together at Olympique Marseille during the years 2013 Y 2015 .
Florian Thauvin (28) is to sign a 5 year deal with Tigres, and join Gignac in Mexico. pic.twitter.com/8BYGJPxmvp
– Gilles 🇳🇬🇬🇧 (@GrimandiTweetss) May 5, 2021
The main obstacle that has not allowed the official pronouncement, is that the French team can receive an offer In the last hours that the player likes and does not allow him to go to another set for free. Despite rejecting the Crystal Palace offer, there are still teams like AC Milan, Napoli or Atalanta who wanted the footballer.
According to information from the Soy Futbol media, Thauvin would be the tenth player to win the World Cup and who will play in the Mexican tournament. Before the French footballers such as: Didí, Vavá, Bebeto, Ronaldinho, Leopoldo Luque, Ricardo La Volpe, Óscar Ruggeri, Héctor Miguel Zelada and Mauro Camoranessi.
“I chose Mexico because of the affection I always received here” # Ronaldinho a day like today in the 2014, the @ Club_Queretaro made the signing of the Brazilian star official . The ex of # Barcelona disputed 28 games with the team scoring 8 goals and 6 assists, in addition to achieving a runner-up pic.twitter.com/ F5nCvwphAn
– Antonio Rosique (@Antonio_Rosique) September 5, 2019
