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LOOK: Guillaume Hoarau, it’s over. Last business day as a YB employee. It must be a strange feeling.
Guillaume Hoarau: That’s right, there I am now. And it’s over (she sings the passage in which Frank Sinatra sings about the end and the “Final Curtain” in “My Way”, the last curtain that falls). It was a nice story. My heart is big and full of emotions during these incredible six years. That is the emotional level. The sports car: I think I did a good job. Definitely, four titles in six years is not bad at all. And being able to say au revoir with the victory in the cup was magical. One hundred percent. Also because I had time to digest the club’s decision. If this had been opened up to me on the eve of the final, it would have been very different. And above all I will say goodbye to the fans. With a musical greeting.
How was the next night? Short?
Works. I slept six hours. Thanks to Corona, you can’t party too much. Besides that, I’m getting too old for that (laughs). It was a beautiful night. I could say goodbye to everyone. But he was also strict. Because I organized everything. Once again. And in the end I took over the Uber service and took the guys home …
Let’s go back to the cup final: you handed over your last YB jersey, which tens of thousands of fans would have liked, to Manuela Frey, who was sitting in the stands. What is the story behind it?
It was a question of dress size. She was the only person who was the right size for this shirt. My cousin was here too, but it’s a little tight. He would never have gone in there. The others had already been wearing too long because it was cold. She said: I can wear the shirt. Okay then, I told her … (winks).
In this quarter of an hour it was found that they are not yet part of the scrap metal. As before, the following applies: You absolutely want to keep playing.
In the lead up to this game, I emphasized several times that I wanted to continue my career. Absolutely nothing has changed about that. I wish I had done it here in Bern. But the club made a different decision with which I did not agree. But it is like this. Those responsible thought about it and came to this conclusion, which disappointed me. Because I want to continue. Not to show me anything, but because I wake up happy every day, aware of the privilege of being a professional footballer. I can’t put down my boots because certain people want me to. As long as I can do my job with this passion and with these emotions, I will carry on.
In Switzerland, that is now clear.
That is my wish, yes. Now we look for solutions. My agent Michel Urscheler has already received a few calls. And if it doesn’t work here: I have received calls from Turkey, Brazil and Australia (smiles). The cell phone rings happily and tells me: 36 years is just a symbolic number. Apparently, experience still has its place in this medium.
So if all goes normally, we will see him arrive at Wankdorf in a different dress very soon.
After the club’s decision, I made fun of the guys for every goal in training and told them: So if I show up here with Sion or Zurich or whoever, it will be difficult for you!
How difficult will it be for you to play against the club of your heart?
That’s football! We will fight for ninety minutes. and cuddle after work. The Young Boys are now on their way, I’m mine. But how do we say in France? Only the mountains never cross.
There was absolutely no negotiation with YB?
No. There are no discussions. You can tell me: Okay, Guillaume, you earn a lot. Too. We can no longer pay this salary. He would have been willing to play for a lesser reward. You can say: it’s okay, it’s always hurt. But often he didn’t injure me and he scored goals. Some of them were worth a few million francs. But there was no conversation. Sports director Christoph Spycher called me and said that he would no longer get a contract. That’s how it went.
Does your new club have to be close to Bern, perhaps preferably in French-speaking Switzerland, where French is spoken?
I am a globetrotter. I have braked ten times in my career. Everything is organized so you can go very fast. I want to go to a club where I can get to work right away. It does not matter where. The story here in Bern is finished. But I still have a lot of ink in my pen to write more stories.
What will you miss about Bern?
Everything. But I’m not saying goodbye. But: Au revoir. Goodbye.
Goodbye to Wölfli and Hoarau: “The best way to say goodbye”(02:41)
