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Asked about the future of former Barcelona central defender Lilian Thuram (36) who was close to joining his club (read more here), Paris Saint-Germain president Charles Villeneuve has said in an interview with Italian news agency ANSA that it looks like the player will retire because of a heart malformation:

"It's very likely that he will end his career, even if the new medical tests he underwent would bring good news. His sisters and the rest of his family urged him to stop playing. Personally I think it's unnecessary to take risks if you're thirty-six and you can look back on a great career."

Catalan sports paper Sport claims that Thuram will receive the new results in the coming days and will announce his retirement shortly after that.