French international winger Florian Touffan assured Marseille fans that he will stay with him next season, in response to reports that he wants to leave, wondering why he is leaving, and "we are in the Champions League."
The champion of the World Cup Russia 2018 last September underwent surgery on his right ankle, and he participated with Marseille for only 28 minutes during the season that stopped last March due to the pandemic of the new Corona virus, when the southern team was in second place, six points ahead of Rennes III.
In Saturday's Instagram chat, Tofan replied to a question posed by comedian Malik Bin Talha about his future with Marseille with whom he has a contract until 2021, saying "I tell you: I am staying! In this way, I close the debate! Because I see things every day (about his future with the team)".
"Why am I leaving? You know what this club means to me. I'm in good shape, and I also lost an entire season" because of the injury, he added. "Will I leave while we are going to the Champions League after I fought for years for that? And I'm also back from injury You kept me long. Why am I leaving? "
The 27-year-old defends Marseille's colors for the second time, after he played with him from 2013 to 2015 before moving to the English Premier League, where he played with Newcastle, who loaned him again to the Mediterranean Club during the 2016-2017 season before he finally gave up on him.
Tofan was one of the most prominent stars in the French League last season, scoring 16 goals in 33 games, but Marseille settled in fifth place and missed the continental participation.
Marseille and Touvan hope that the league wheel will return to rotation after it was stopped due to the outbreak of the new Corona virus.
The Professional League announced that first-degree players will begin returning to their clubs on May 11 (the start date for the easing of closure procedures in the country) to conduct "full medical examinations" in order to resume the league in June, to be linked to the government's approval.
According to a statement of the association, its board of directors met to review the main points of a draft document on medical and health protocols presented by the association's representative to club doctors.
The document states, "The players return to the training centers in the week beginning May 11 to carry out full medical examinations including the test for" Covid-19 ", followed by a daily observation period that will be detailed (...) from now until the end of April."
The association also indicated in its statement that the preferred option is still "to resume the tournaments in mid-June, subject to knowing the conditions that will be taken to ease the current quarantine measures, and the government will present them in the coming days."