Jean-François Pérès 10:37 a.m., October 22, 2022
Tonight, Olympique de Marseille will face Lens at the Vélodrome for the 12th day of Ligue 1. And Jonathan Clauss, former Lensois and new Marseille recruit, should be the center of attention.
At 30, the player with an atypical career is now playing in the big leagues and hopes to participate in the World Cup in Qatar in November.
He will be the center of attention this Saturday evening, during the Marseille-Lens match for this 12th day of Ligue 1. Jonathan Clauss, former Lensois, now Marseille and French international, has an almost incredible history in the standardized world of professional footballers .
Five years ago, no one knew him.
He had even experienced depression when he had to leave the Strasbourg training center when he came of age.
“I wondered what I was going to become”
The Alsatian had told it with a lot of emotion and frankness a few months ago in Europe 1 sport.
"I had no taste for anything at all. I had a two-week interim and I left after two days. I did everything halfway or backwards because I no longer wanted anything. I wondered what I was going to become", had confided Jonathan Clauss at the microphone of Europe 1.
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After almost going wrong, as he admits himself, Jonathan Clauss is going up the slope.
Regional football, small division in Alsace and neighboring Germany, then Ligue 2 and Racing Club de Lens, where he spent two extraordinary seasons.
Didier Deschamps selects him in Blue.
OM recruits him.
At 30, Clauss has finally become a player who counts and is admired by his captain, Valentin Rongier.
"It's magnificent, we've already talked about it together. It should be quoted everywhere because it shows that there is no age. It's magic, that's what makes the beauty of our sport."
This evening, Jonathan Clauss will find his former Lensois teammates and friends.
To each, he will offer a jersey of the France team, he who hopes to be on the trip to Qatar for the World Cup.