Before this 6th and last day of the Champions League, the Portuguese international, who makes first place a priority, also made no secret of his desire to continue playing at a high level beyond this season. A future that could pass through LOSC, a club with which he lives rare moments.
“I have a very good story with LOSC”
José Fonte does not hide his pride in being the captain of this team: “It’s incredible because when I arrive in 2018 the team has just finished 17th, so nobody imagines that we were going to end the second season and then afterwards to become champions and participate in the Champions League. It is everyone’s credit. But today we want to write new episodes. The match won’t be easy in Wolfsburg, we know we’re going to have to play a great match. It’s like a final. We want to qualify and finish first. “
“Not good enough in the summer transfer window”
The Lille captain who does not hide that he expected the club to achieve a better transfer window last summer: “We weren’t strong in our transfer window. We found 2, 3 good players but I think we needed one or two more elements to launch a new dynamic with a different energy. But I don’t forget that we managed to keep our best people. We thought we might see a great player arrive and in the end we have good players but they are young, they have to adapt. When you look at Nice, Rennes, all have bought players, good players. I am also thinking of Paris, Marseille Lyon. So we work with our weapons, but I don’t forget that we always have great qualities. “
“I think I will play again next season”
The Portuguese international, who has played all LOSC matches, does not see himself hanging up his crampons immediately. He does not close on the door to an extension in the shirt of the Mastiffs: “If I wake up every morning with the desire to train and to be with my team-mates, of course that I will want to continue. You have to analyze season after season. Today I feel good, so normally I continue for one more season. Continue to LOSC? It will depend on what the leaders want to do. “
“I miss my children and my wife, who stayed in London”
José Fonte now lives alone in Lille. His two children and his wife remained to live in London. A life choice that is more and more difficult to assume: “I miss them today. Since my arrival at the club in the summer of 2018, we have made this choice, it is a sacrifice for the well-being of my children . They are well in London, they have their school, my wife has her whole family there. We have to take responsibility, but the health situation really complicated things. We thought about moving everyone to Lille, but we did not found a school that we liked for our son. We have to find a solution because otherwise I will go back to live in England. The solution would perhaps all be to live in Paris, I will make the round trips by train. “