Best Of Luck To Larsson

Accord­ing to French daily L’Equipe, the Swedish inter­na­tional might make a travel once again into Euro­pean waters.   The French paper is report­ing that the for­mer Barcelona striker will be decid­ing in the next week whether he will accept an offer to play for Olympique Mar­seille dur­ing the trans­fer win­dow.  He will be their main acqui­si­tion for the French side for the sec­ond half of the foot­ball sea­son.  His expe­ri­ence and goal-scoring knack would also be eli­gi­ble for UEFA Cup play as he is not cup-tied for this year.  Mar­seille will be fac­ing Dutch side FC Twente in the round of 32.

Lars­son, 37, would also be a wel­come sight in Ligue 1 play as his “future” club could use him as they are only six point behind the seven-time defend­ing champs Lyon.   This news comes as a rel­a­tive shock to many as Lars­son had stated in the past that he returned to Swe­den in order to retire.  The shock was greater espe­cially after clubs like Man­ches­ter United and Barcelona were look­ing to give him exten­sions to con­tracts that they had with them as respec­tive times in the past four years but he chose to go back home for a sec­ond stint with Helsingborgs.

Lars­son began his career in 1989 with Högaborg and then moved  to Hels­ing­borgs in 1990.   His play caught the atten­tion of Feyeno­ord.  In four years there, he scored 33 goals and the future seemed bright– but no one knew how bright it would.  After a bril­liant 1994 World Cup, Lars­son went to Scot­tish side Rangers.  His career would take a mete­oric rise.   While with the Hoops,  he became one of the most pro­lific scor­ers in the game.  His high­est out­put was in 2000-01 where he would score a com­bined 44 goals that year, earn­ing him the Euro­pean Golden Boot.

He would move to Barcelona in 2004 and would win every­thing imag­ine­able with a side that included play­ers like Ronald­inho, Samuel, Eto’o, Ludovic Giuly, Deco, and a young boy named Lionel Messi.  In his two years with the blau­grana he won two league titles, a Span­ish Super Cup, and a Cham­pi­ons League tro­phy. Lars­son would return to Hels­ing­borgs, with a loan spell to Man­ches­ter United sand­wiched in the middle.