After 12 years of good and loyal service, Éric Carrière slams the door of Canal+. Indeed, the former player of RC Lens and Olympique Lyonnais, officiated alongside the many journalists of the group for many years as a consultant. He commented on the matches of certain meetings of the French championship and debated on set when he was not in the stadium.
But this Thursday, March 24, through his Twitter account, he announced his “retirement” for “devoting oneself to the other profession that has fascinated (him) since 2010, that of entrepreneur” in the field of wine. Questioned by our colleagues from The Team as for the premature end of his career in journalism, Éric Carrière gave the many reasons that had led him to make this decision. And in particular the behavior of certain players in French football. Whether coaches, presidents, and even players.
Mbappé does not appeal to everyone
The ex-professional footballer also made comments that will probably not be unanimous about Kylian Mbappé, whom he considers to be a player. “haughty”. “I also don’t want to see Mbappé turn to the public and raise his arms because Danilo doesn’t put the right ball to him. It’s not good behavior. All the bad attitudes that we let pass , which are authorized, come to pollute this team spirit. Individualism is hyper contagious”he confided to our colleagues.
Before admitting that it was one of the main elements that pushed him to stop. “It is also one of the elements that lead me to stop, it is that we cannot say what we think of the players”he admits before continuing: “I’m sorry but Mbappé is condescending to his opponents. He’s better, faster and sometimes the others foul him out of clumsiness. And I’m told that he’s been irreproachable since the start of the season. Proof that no”. Cash words, which have the merit of being honest, but which will probably not please everyone…
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