Barthez Not Ready to Retire Yet

In spite of getting attacked by irate drunken fans last weekend after Nantes played Rennes, former France goalkeeper Fabien Barthez says he’s still not ready to retire.

“I don’t think that my career is over,” Barthez told France Info. “I wish to play two or three more seasons. I want to pay football back for what it gave me. But playing for the sake of it doesn’t interest me, it would be useless. I want to be part of a real and ambitious project.”

Funny, I would have thought that attempting to drag Nantes out of the cellar would have been a “real and ambitious project.” But apparently not. (One newspaper report described his actions this week as “leaving a sinking ship.”)

So what do you think Fabien’s chances are of finding another club willing to take the risk?

Perhaps he has retired after all..