The Tigres forward says he’ll leave Mexico if he has to because of the press after a Televisia journalist accused the Frenchman of striking him <\/p>\n
Tigres forward Andre-Pierre Gignac has responded angrily to accusations made by Televisa Deportes<\/em> journalist Yussif Caro that he struck the reporter after Sunday’s Liga MX final, suggesting he would go as far as leaving Mexico if what he sees as mistreatment from the press continues.<\/p>\n Rafa set for El Tri return<\/p>\n A disappointed Gignac\u00a0went to the locker room rather than receive his runner-up medal after Sunday’s 2-1 (4-3 aggregate) loss to Chivas in the second leg. And while video\u00a0from a\u00a0TVC\u00a0<\/em>reporter shows Gignac\u00a0in a strong discussion with a member of the press\u00a0after losing the final and making a movement\u00a0with his water bottle, he ultimately keeps it in his hand.<\/p>\n Article continues below<\/span> <\/p>\n Juve on alert: Exiled Icardi may have already played his final game for Inter Sarri vindicated for dropping Kepa as Chelsea & Pedro impress in Spurs win Magnificent Mane takes centre stage as league leaders Liverpool put on a five-star show Lukaku sends reminder that his Man Utd career is far from over <\/p>\n After the match, Caro tweeted:\u00a0“I’ve always recognized (Gignac’s)\u00a0talent … today the man struck me in the back. He’s a bad loser.”<\/p>\n Upon arriving in France for his vacation, Gignac took exception to the accusations, tweeting an emoji-laden\u00a0note at the reporter.<\/p>\n \u201cYou\u2019re a ***** liar, if I\u2019d hit you you\u2019d still be on the floor of the stadium, believe me,” he wrote. “What do you want? To make people mad? Do you want to get famous? More followers on Twitter? You can\u2019t understand a players\u2019 sadness and anger after losing a final? You were behind me, following me, shouting at me like a product, an animal. For what? For \u2018my pains\u2019 you told me.<\/p>\n “What did you want? Insults? A bad reaction? Oh, no. I know. You wanted an exclusive to grow as a journalist. I\u2019m not a product, nobody tells me what I have to do or say, certainly not a journalist. What a shame I didn’t\u00a0toss the bottle at you! A journalist like you is an embarrassment for the profession. I\u2019m not perfect and I have a lot of flaws, and if I have to leave Mexico because of the press, I\u2019ll go. I\u2019m tired of hearing lies.”<\/p>\n Chivas title could be first of many<\/p>\n Cano\u00a0replied in a tweet of his own:\u00a0\u201cAndre, the only thing I asked you when you didn\u2019t want to receive your medal was for you to tell the camera what had bothered you. What you did after, you know perfectly well. My salary isn\u2019t for Twitter or for gaining followers. I\u2019ve always highlighted your talent as a player, but there are actions that have no justification. Good luck.\u201d<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Tigres forward says he’ll leave Mexico if he has to because of the press after a Televisia journalist accused the Frenchman of striking him Tigres forward Andre-Pierre Gignac has responded angrily to accusations made by Televisa Deportes journalist Yussif Caro that he struck the reporter after Sunday’s Liga MX final, suggesting he would go…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-326","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=326"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=326"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=326"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/googmn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=326"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Editors' Picks<\/h3>\n