The previous France and Barcelona defender has been working in a sports activities store since his taking part in profession ended.
Jeremy Mathieu is now a retail employee (Picture: DR)
Jeremy Mathieu has gone from taking part in for Barcelona to stacking cabinets at an Intersport retail outlet. The 42-year-old as soon as famously claimed he may strike a free-kick extra successfully than his former team-mate Lionel Messi.
Having launched his profession at Sochaux, Mathieu subsequently moved to Toulouse earlier than securing a contract with Spanish membership Valencia in 2009. There, he cemented his place as a key first-team determine, tallying up greater than 170 appearances. In 2014, he made a shocking £15.8million transfer to Camp Nou and, whereas he was largely a squad participant, Mathieu was nonetheless a part of a historic treble-winning aspect.
Following a profitable spell with Sporting CP, he was in the end pressured to retire at 36 in 2020 – and his life since has taken a reasonably completely different flip.
Final yr, pictures of Mathieu working in an Intersport retailer close to Marseille went viral. He has now spoken candidly about why he took the job on the sporting items outlet amid a troublesome psychological well being battle.
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“I needed to play. What do I do? Do I begin from scratch solely to be on the bench? I used to be hesitating. In the event that they (Valencia) had [matched Barcelona’s contract offer], I’d have stayed. They instructed me they could not, so I left.”
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