Gonzalo Higuain contradicts father: “Never said that I would end my career”

“Was a misunderstanding”

This article was first published on April 5 at 6:31 p.m. and has been updated with statements from Higuaín.

“My future is clearly far away from football. Very far away. I’ll enjoy football when I play, but after that I want to get far away from it,” said 75-time Argentina international Gonzalo Higuaín recently. The end of his active career is imminent, the father of the 34-year-old initially revealed, but the striker now contradicted.

“Gonzalo told me that he will retire from football at the end of the year and end his career,” Jorge Higuaín was quoted as saying by “TNT Sports Argentina”. The French-born center forward’s contract with MLS club Inter Miami expires at the end of the year. The right-footer was previously active for River Plate, Real Madrid, SSC Napoli, Juventus Turin, AC Milan and Chelsea FC. So far, Higuaín has earned 159 million euros in transfer fees in his career, only nine players worldwide have generated more.

With Suárez, Ronaldo & Coutinho.: Players with the highest transfer earnings

18 Luis Suárez – Transfers: 5 – Transfer proceeds: €123.5m

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17 Nicolas Anelka – Transfers: 8 – Transfer proceeds: €123.9m

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16 Paulinho – Transfers: 7 – Transfer proceeds: €126.9m

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15 Hernán Crespo – Transfers: 4 – Transfer proceeds: €126.9m

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14 João Félix – Transfers: 1 – Transfer proceeds: €127.2m

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13 Kylian Mbappé – Transfers: 1 – Transfer proceeds: €145.0m

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12 James Rodríguez – Transfers: 6 – Transfer proceeds: €148.6m

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11 Eden Hazard – Transfers: 2 – Transfer proceeds: €150.0m

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10 Gonzalo Higuaín – Transfers: 5 – Transfer proceeds: €159.0m

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9 Philippe Coutinho – Transfers: 4 – Transfer proceeds: €160.3m

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8 Zlatan Ibrahimovic – Transfers: 7 – Transfer proceeds: €169.1m

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7 Ousmane Dembélé – Transfers: 2 – Transfer proceeds: €175.0m

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6 Ángel Di María – Transfers: 4 – Transfer proceeds: €179.0m

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5 Antoine Griezmann – Transfers: 3 – Transfer proceeds: €184.0m

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4 Álvaro Morata – Transfers: 6 – Transfer proceeds: €189.0m

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3 Cristiano Ronaldo – Transfers: 4 – Transfer proceeds: €245.0m

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2 Neymar – Transfers: 2 – Transfer proceeds: €310.2m

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1 Romelu Lukaku – Transfers: 6 – Transfer proceeds: €327.6m

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However, Higuaín contradicted his father a day later. “It was a misunderstanding,” the attacker said in a media session on Wednesday. “I never told him I was retiring. He expressed himself wrongly and that can happen, but that’s very far from reality. I’m focused on my club and on fulfilling my contract. When the time comes and that decision is made, I will share it, just me.”

Higuaín criticizes business: “You’re like a disposable bottle as a player”

Previously, Higuaín had criticized the football business. “As a player, you are like a disposable bottle. When it’s empty, step on it and throw it away. You are interesting as long as you play. After that no cock crows after you. That’s been clear to me for years,” the 2014 World Cup runner-up was last quoted as saying. The business is “not the world” in which he wants to continue living: “It will destroy you.”

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