The French striker, Andre Pierre Gignac dels Tigres has been playing in Mexico for almost six years, a country that has received him as one of the best players to reach the MX League.
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Now, the Gaul has surprised with some statements for the newspaper RMC where he says that in the Aztec country has a better quality of life than in its home territory.
“I applied for Mexican citizenship, but I still don’t have the papers, I’m waiting for them. I want to be like my children, they have dual nationality, they are Franco-Mexican. I could stay and live in Mexico, here is a quality of life I can’t have in France, ”the striker said.
Gignac recently renewed his contract with the Tigers for the next three years and his plan is to retire at the club and then become coach of the feline team.
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“The plan is to stay in Tigres after retiring and go up the steps to the club, go step by step,” said the Frenchman.
Gignac was consulted why not retire to Marseille? team that saw him succeed in his home country, an Argentine would prevent it was his answer.
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“No, as a player it’s impossible. I say it with all sincerity, they don’t need me. Darío Benedetto plays. I like it. He has an exceptional right foot, an exceptional left foot. He shoots from a distance. The problem is that he arrived at a time when Marseille is on a downward slope, “he concluded.