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The famous goalkeeper of a French club, Fabien Barthez, has stated that he is not planning to retire yet, despite rumors after he left the "Nantes" club due to an incident with fans.
After losing the match on Saturday with a score of 0-2 to the "Rennes" team, 8-time French champions "Nantes" almost lost hope of staying in "Ligue 1". Following the game, angry football fans attacked F. Barthez and his father at home in a Porsche car.
"There were five or six of them, they showed aggressive and violent behavior. They blocked my car, started smashing the front windshield and the sides of the car. One of them opened the door and tried to hit me. If I hadn't gotten out, they would have injured me," the shaken goalkeeper said.
After this incident, the Frenchman left the city of Nantes and did not show up at team trainings for several days.
"I will never play for Nantes again. It's too dangerous. I don't want to risk anymore. I don't want my son to see his father in distress," the goalkeeper told the newspaper "L'Equipe".
"I still intend to play and prove what I am worth. I think I could still play for two more years," said the 35-year-old Frenchman.
F. Barthez had already announced the end of his career last October, but in December he couldn't resist the offer from "Nantes" to help the team get out of the bottom of the table. However, he did not perform well for Nantes, often making mistakes. Last month, he got injured in a match against "Sedan" (0-1) and was replaced, but he left the stadium before the end of the game. Last week, the goalkeeper dangerously attacked his teammate Dimitri Payet during training, leading to more criticism.
Throughout his career, F. Barthez has played for clubs like "Toulouse", "Marseille", "Monaco" and "Man Utd". In 1993, he won the Champions League with "Marseille". The eccentric goalkeeper represented the French national team 87 times, became a world champion in 1998, European champion in 2000, and reached the World Cup final in 2006.
