MARSEILLE, France (AFP) - Marseille's veteran Argentinian defender Gabriel Heinze confirmed Friday that he would be leaving the French first division club at the end of the season.
The 33-year-old, who touched down in Marseille in the summer of 2010 from Real Madrid, insisted his decision to leave was not financially driven but came out of ambition
, although he said he had not been in contact with any other club.
"I think in a completely different way than the club owners," he said. "It's not a question of money, which is not everything in life. It's a question of the project.
"(Coach) Didier Deschamps made me come here while speaking of the project, and I see that this project will not carry on. The difference lies with the ambition of the project. It's better for me to leave.
"I feel I'm doing the club a favour by leaving," said Heinze, whose 400,000 euro a month salary makes him one of Marseille's highest paid players.
The next three seasons will see Marseille suffer a 20-million-euro shortfall as they set about renovating their Velodrome stadium.
Heinze, who made a bitter exit from Manchester United in 2007 after three seasons there, was a member both of Argentina's 2004 Olympic gold medal-winning side and also the 2006 and 2010 World Cup squads which went out both times in the quarter-finals.
The 33-year-old, who touched down in Marseille in the summer of 2010 from Real Madrid, insisted his decision to leave was not financially driven but came out of ambition
, although he said he had not been in contact with any other club.
"I think in a completely different way than the club owners," he said. "It's not a question of money, which is not everything in life. It's a question of the project.
"(Coach) Didier Deschamps made me come here while speaking of the project, and I see that this project will not carry on. The difference lies with the ambition of the project. It's better for me to leave.
"I feel I'm doing the club a favour by leaving," said Heinze, whose 400,000 euro a month salary makes him one of Marseille's highest paid players.
The next three seasons will see Marseille suffer a 20-million-euro shortfall as they set about renovating their Velodrome stadium.
Heinze, who made a bitter exit from Manchester United in 2007 after three seasons there, was a member both of Argentina's 2004 Olympic gold medal-winning side and also the 2006 and 2010 World Cup squads which went out both times in the quarter-finals.
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