2023-07-14 22:12:00
It’s not just Saudi Arabia that attracts French footballers. At the other end of the world, Australia has just registered the signing of Valère Germain. At 33, the center-forward of Montpellier, with whom he was at the end of his contract, decided to change everything. For the first time in his career, he will try a first experience outside France and even Europe. Direction Oceania and Australia and its A-League championship.
The former Monaco and Marseille player is going to pack his bags with his family in Sydney where his new club, Macarthur FC, plays. Founded in 2017, this new club finished 12th and dead last in a championship which also includes a New Zealand team, but which, like MLS in the United States, is a closed league with no ups or downs.
If the club is only in its infancy, it has already won the Australia Cup this season. A success that opens the doors to the AFC Cup, the Asian equivalent of the Europa League for UEFA. Indeed, in 2005, Australia left the Oceania Confederation (OFC) for Asia.
The Frenchman has signed a two-year contract with Macarthur FC. Trained in Monaco, he won a French championship title in 2017 and another in Ligue 2 in 2013. On loan to Nice for a season in 2015, the native of Marseille also played for OM for four seasons, before leaving for Montpellier, where he had been playing there since 2021. He remains on a season with 32 games played for three goals and an assist.
At Macarthur FC, Valère Germain will be coached by Mile Sterjovski, who played four seasons in Lille in the early 2000s. “When I spoke to him, it was natural, says Germain. We have the same vision of football. Playing Macarthur after playing for so long in France will be a good opportunity for me. It was time for me and my family to discover a new experience. »
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