By Edgardo Avelar
What seemed like an unbreakable romance with the board of Tigers has become a sea of thorns, apparently among the French André-Pierre Gignac for the issue of a contractual renewal that seeks the former Marseille striker and that he is not willing to propose to the feline high command.
According to unofficial data, the 40-year-old striker who became a true idol of university fans was the object of a well-deserved tribute on the 17th last day as a tribute in the prelude to his retirement, but he did not agree.
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“Gignac has not yet responded to the offer that Tigres made him to be a manager. He stopped speaking to the leaders. He told them that all communication from now on will be with his supervisor. He does not want to retire.
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— Multimedios Deportes (@mmdeportesmx) Can also merely 5, 2026
The nicknamed “Bomboro” believes he can still play at a good level and is looking for a contract for at least one more year, taking into account that his employment relationship ends in the middle of this year and the board is not willing to grant it to him, which is why a whole novel has been generated within the Monterrey organization.
The historic attacker of the felines and top scorer in the history of the Tigres since its foundation and of the royal classics against the Rayados de Monterrey wants to continue playing, but the feline leadership In exchange, he offers a managerial position alongside former international Gerardo Torrado.but apparently the proposal is not much to his liking since he has broken the relationship with the board.
According to all these details, in the journalistic media that cover the source of the felines the version has emerged that: “Gignac has not yet responded to the offer made to him by the Tigres board; Gignac has already stopped talking to the leaders of Tigres, he has already cut off all communication with them; He was very clear, he told them that all communication would be with his agent, his supervisor, his promoter Jean-Christophe Cano.”
“He has been very clear that he wants to continue playing soccer, he wants to continue being a soccer player, with Tigres or elsewhere; he does not agree with the celebration, with the farewell, or with the leaders, nor that they have offered him to be Torrado’s assistant; “He wants to continue playing, collecting his money year after year until he decides to retire.”
“The board has been very clear that this was their last year.”; If you want to come to the office to work, go ahead, but you have already cut off all communication with the Tigres leaders,” is the version that circulates in the media of the feline squad.
⚽: Andre-Pierre Gignac is not willing to retire and wants to continue playing with the Tigres team, the Monterrey press reported. The Frenchman is willing to charge only for goals and assists to continue in the Monterrey club, however the board is not willing to… pic.twitter.com/LR5KeRQvJQ
— José Juan Vázquez (@josejuangelmx) Can also merely 5, 2026
Another version assures that André-Pierre Gignac would be willing to not receive a salaryonly receive payments for goals and assists, this in order to stay playing in Tigres. On the other hand, it has emerged that Pachuca wants his services.
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