About his decision to accept the proposal made by AEK, Sidibe spoke to the French “Equipe”, explaining that he said “yes” because the project presented to him by the people of the team was to help it become number 1 in Greece.
Among other things, he admitted that he was surprised by what is happening in the Greek stadiums and pointed out that “one should not have a heart to come and play in Greece”.
What Sidibe said in detail:
For the first game:
“In Marseille, our tactics didn’t work well and there was a hesitation from some players. They came to the Velodrome, they saw the amazing choreo, but you had to go in and play straight away, there was no time for… admiration.”
On his move from Monaco to Greece:
“When you move from Monaco to Greece, you shouldn’t have a heart problem. Fans light flares, firecrackers go off everywhere. On average, crosses in our home games start 8 minutes late as you can’t see any of the smoke. They throw flares during the match. I had never seen this before. There are restrictions on European games and the atmosphere is more classic.”
On how he chose AEK last summer:
“I had a lot of contacts, but I was hoping for something better, I was playing with fire. I didn’t take the financial situation with the coronavirus seriously. I turned down offers from Wolfsburg, Fiorentina, because of the financial terms or the European perspective. It was bad for me, weeks went by and I only got knocks from second-tier teams. AEK came with a project to become number 1 in Greece and I don’t regret my choice”.
His message for the French national team:
“I’m doing everything to wear this jersey, sooner or later.”
Source: Sport Fm
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