A great sports fan, he likes to know what is hidden in the lives of athletes, but does not neglect film or singing stars. After a long journey in the Canadian far north, he returned more determined than ever to see what was going on among the people of France and elsewhere.
It’s a complicated period that Bixente Lizarazu is currently going through. As he confided in “Le Parisien”, the former footballer has just lost a “pillar” of his life and expressed his emotion.
“A pillar of my life that is collapsing…”: Bixente Lizarazu grieving, expresses his sadness after the death of a loved one
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The world of football is in mourning. After the losses of Diego Maradona and Pelé in recent years, this time it is the one considered to be the greatest defender in history who has just left us. This Monday, January 8, we learned of the death of Franz Beckenbauer, German football legend and world icon, at the age of 78. A disappearance which particularly affects Bixente Lizarazu, who knew the man nicknamed “Kaizer Franz” well at Bayern Munich, the club where the Basque played from 1997 to 2004.
“He was truly a great man who exuded something incredible when he arrived somewhere. I have met dozens of football personalities in my life. Beckenbauer was truly the one who showed the most class. And without trying to impress. He had crazy charisma”says Bixente Lizarazu, this Tuesday, January 9 in the columns of Parisian. It is also to Franz Beckenbauer that the 54-year-old former footballer owes his move to Bayern Munich, as he explains later. “I caught his eye. And he really insisted that I sign there a year later (…) It changed my life a little. And each time, he showed me a lot of kindness. Really, I am very touched by his disappearance”continues Claire Keim’s companion.
The 98 world champions affected by this disappearance
Although he no longer lives in Germany, the Frenchman has kept many ties to Munich and the disappearance of the club legend hurts him a lot. “Somewhere, it’s a pillar of my life and my German history that is collapsing. This affects me greatly.”, confesses Zinedine Zidane’s great friend. The 98 world champion is not the only French footballer to have spoken out on the subject. After the death of the icon, Didier Deschamps, in shock, spoke with great emotion: “Franz Beckenbauer was first of all a world-class player, a talented and authoritarian defender with his almost always club, Bayern Munich, but also with the German selection with whom he collected trophies. He exuded class, confidence from which many have sought to draw inspiration.”
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