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Former Arsenal and France midfielder Robert Pires retires from football
The former Arsenal and France midfielder Robert Pires has retired from football at the age of 42. Pires, who won two Premier League titles and three FA Cups with the Gunners between 2000 and 2006, becomes the final member of Les Bleus’ 1998 World Cup-winning squad to hang up his boots. Related: Arsenal’s Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain to undergo scan amid Euro 2016 fears “I’m 42 years old so some time must stop. We must say stop and above all must give way to young,” he said on beIN Sports. “My last experience was in India.” Pires started his career in Metz before moving to Marseille and then Arsenal, with later spells at Villarreal, Aston Villa and, most recently, FC Goa until his...
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