Gignac: A rare treasure in Liga MX

Reinhold Matay-USA TODAY Sports Rarely in recent times have we seen such a compelling and loyal story as André-Pierre Gignac’s with Tigres. The French striker arrived back in the summer of 2015, and through his 243 total matches played to date with the San Nicolás de los Garza squad, he is the club’s all-time leading scorer with 143 goals. The closest player to him on the list is Tomás Boy with 104. But his personal achievement isn’t the most impressive stat for the Frenchman. Since his arrival, Tigres have claimed four league titles to go along with the most recent CONCACAF CL title obtained just a couple weeks ago. That’s an average of at one title per year at the club.

At age 35 and with…