Loïc Perrin was to announce his retirement in the next few days. But his regrettable tackle on the ankle of Kylian Mbappé could motivate the captain of theASSE to wait a little longer before announcing the inevitable.
Retirement spoiled for Loïc Perrin
After several years of good and loyal service to the benefit of theASSE, the time for retirement has come for Loïc Perrin. In fact, the central defender of theAS Saint-Etienne could have hung up the crampons at the end of June. But the desire to play the final of the Coupe de France against PSG last Friday at the Stade de France has taken over. It was one game too many. Usually exemplary, Loïc Perrin this time indulged in a devastating tackle on Kylian Mbappé’s ankle in the 26th minute of play. If the Paris striker limped out, the Saint-Etienne central defender was immediately sent off. A sad performance which should convince the Stéphanois to wait a little longer than expected to announce his retirement.
The Stéphanois overwhelmed for his tackle on Kylian Mbappé
Bernard lions looked into the subject. The journalist explains in the columns of The team this sunday that Loïc Perrin is aware that ” the nightmarish scenario lived on Friday evening reinforces the thesis according to which he played the last match of his exemplary career “. His performance against the Paris Saint Germain (ASSE loss 1-0) would have convinced the 34-year-old that the time has really come to hang up his boots. But according to the colleague, due to the remorse he still feels over his tackle on Kylian Mbappé, “Perrin should not announce it this week, however” and “would rather give himself time to digest before speaking”. Finally, Bernard Lions believes that the player who has spent his entire career at AS Saint-Etienne reserves the time to “publicly apologize to Mbappé …” before “announcing that he is quitting”.
By JOEL
Posted on July 26, 2020 at 2:08 PM |
updated July 26, 2020 at 14:09