The former Chelsea, Arsenal, Tottenham and France defender has quit football after the nearly a 20-year career. Gallas enjoyed 12 seasons in Premier League and won it twice in 2004-05 and 2005-06 with Chelsea.
“You tell yourself you can always continue but I think that today I can not take it any more,” the 37-year-old centre back told L’Equipe’s 21 channelin an interview to be aired later on Thursday, The Guardian informs.
William Gallas started his professional career at Caen in 1995 and then was transferred to Olympique Marseille in 1997.
Chelsea manager Claudio Ranieri bought Gallas from Marseille in 2001 for £ 6.2 million. He chose the number 13 shirt because it was his postcode back where he lived in Marseille.
Under Ranieri, Gallas developed centre-back partnerships with Marcel Desailly and later with John Terry. His partnership wi
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