Injury ends Willy Sagnol's career

oNeberlin

oNeberlin

League 2
21 August 2007
Germany
MUNICH, Germany: Bayern Munich defender Willy Sagnol is ending his career because of persistent pain in his Achilles' tendon.

Bayern chairman Karl-Heinz Rummenigge said Sagnol's contract would be annulled in the next few days.

"I saw him on Wednesday and he told me that it made no sense to continue," Rummenigge told the Sueddeutsche newspaper Thursday.

The move was expected. Sagnol has hardly played for Bayern in the last season and a half because of various injuries.

Sagnol is the only member of Bayern's team that won the Champions League in 2001 still on the roster.

The 31-year-old Frenchman arrived in Bayern in 2000 and has played 184 games for Bayern. He still had another year on his contract.

In recent weeks, Sagnol has been linked with a return to his former club Monaco in some form of management role. Monaco is struggling in 14th place in the French league under coach Ricardo Gomes. Sagnol played there from 1997-2000.

Sagnol, who has 58 caps for France, last appeared for Les Bleus at last year's European Championship and has since lost his place to Arsenal's Bakary Sagna.
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:((:((:(( bye willy
 
It's always a kick in the gut when someone has to retire due to injury. I've never quite been the biggest fan of Sagnol over the years, however, he is a good player.
 
It's official on Canal+ right now, Sagnol stop, operation impossible.
confirm again tomorrow in press conference in Munich
 
Quite gutting, was a very gifted player.
He has done a lot of things in his career, it’s a shame he never played in England though.
 
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