• Olympique de Marseille beat Angers 3 goals to 2 on Sunday in the 37th and penultimate day of Ligue 1.

  • This match was Florian Thauvin's last under the OM jersey after the officialization of his departure from the Tigers, Mexico.

  • Florian Thauvin confided to have “heartache”, but also to be “relieved” of this new beginning.

At the Velodrome stadium,

One last goodbye.

Florian Thauvin, who was playing his last match under the colors of Olympique de Marseille after the officialization of his departure from the Tigers, attended a press conference for a farewell tinged with emotions.

He looked back on his career at OM, and his future departure for Mexico.

“It was a very difficult choice for me,” he admitted.

I want to have fun and I have always been in love with Latin America.

Football is my job but it is above all a passion, and I want to rediscover a lot of pleasure and passion.

Dédé [Gignac] had an important role, it was he who called me to present the project to me and then I was able to discuss with the managers.

I saw Dédé having a lot of fun, from there it was easy for the discussions to move forward and we came to an agreement ”.

“Never forget, go OM!

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A departure for Mexico while Florian Thauvin had a nice offer of extension from Olympique de Marseille.

“I had the opportunity to continue with OM and I would like to thank Pablo Longoria and Jorge Sampaoli for the confidence shown, as well as Franck McCourt.

They made me a great offer, 5 years with a bigger contract.

They did everything to keep me and I say a big thank you, ”he said.

But after 8 years in Marseille, this season was probably one too many for Florian Thauvin, as he explained half-heartedly: “It's a new chapter, a new era that is opening for OM and the club needs a 100% concerned player to meet this challenge. It was time for me to open a new chapter and discover something else. OM is the most beautiful French club but it is also very difficult and tiring. I am not going to lie to you, it hurts my heart because this is a page that is turned, I made my dream come true here, but it is also a relief. It was a very complicated season, I didn't feel too comfortable, I had to move on and leave my place ”.

In addition to the dearth of trophies won with his club at heart, the absence of supporters to say goodbye is a disappointment for Florian Thauvin while the South Winners paid him tribute through a "Forever Marseillais Florian Thauvin".

“I wanted to make a very special mention for the supporters.

I came to OM for that.

I was not born in Marseilles, but I have become.

I'm sorry I couldn't say goodbye to them.

I want to say a big thank you for the tribute tonight.

They will be in my heart forever, ”said Florian Thauvin, full of emotions, without forgetting to thank and stress the importance of the club's“ little hands ”.

Before leaving the press conference room under the applause of the journalists and one last: “Never forget, go OM!

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