Former great hope of French football, Giannelli Imbula perhaps did not have the career he expected. The Franco-Congolese, trained at EA Guingamp, took on a new dimension during his time at OM between 2013 and 2015. At the time, he could perhaps have moved to Real Madrid if his father , who was looking after his career, did not intervene.
Without a club since last winter, Giannelli Imbula is only 32 years old and his career very quickly took a different turn. The former Marseillais recently told an anecdote about this time when he got closer to Real Madrid. In the summer of 2015, he finally took over the management of FC Porto before a gradual decline.
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A photo with Ancelotti started it all
While he took over the leadership of Turkey in 2023, Giannelli Imbula returned to his career choices at a time when his case seemed to be getting a lot of attention. “One day, towards the end of my second season that I am doing (with OM, Editor’s note), we had a lot of requests, so he (his father, Editor’s note) is going to meet people. He meets Ancelotti, who explains to him a little how he sees the future for me and they take a photo together. first explains the former French international hopeful in the podcast of Johan Djourou.
A mistake from his father
At the time, Giannelli Imbula was 23 years old and we could then imagine that his career would explode at a big club. But his father, who managed his career, ended up publishing the photo. “Obviously, during the club period, you cannot distribute the photos, it is very delicate. And since I had been criticized by Riolo, it stung my father. […] It hurt him that he spoke badly about me. […] He posted the photo with Ancelotti, in April like that, even though it was a confidential photo and we had made it clear to him that it was not necessary to post it. In the locker room, it’s shame. You arrive in the locker room, people will say: “What are they playing?” It was at that moment that I said to myself that the father’s emotion went beyond the role of agent and the professional side. he regrets.
