Florian Thauvin, now a player at Mexican side Tigres, was heavily linked to AC Milan once his contract would expire with his now-former team Marseille.
However, the player decided to try an experience at Mexico to join his fellow countryman André-Pierre Gignac.
The French winger confirmed Milan's interest among other clubs as he said the following words to the microphones of Multimedios:
"We have been talking to Milan since September. I received an offer from Paolo Maldini in January. Then Marseille made me a great proposal, but also Lyon and Atletico Madrid. Then the Tigres arrived and everything was decided."
Thauvin continued to say: "I don't like talking about money, but I'm not in Mexico for that. Also in France, Spain and Italy they offered me a lot of money. If I wanted to play for money I would have moved to China or Saudi Arabia. Here I have everything to be happy, to play football, the fans, a very big club, titles, there is everything."
