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Generation support as of next, and this is a region that is last week to meet develop thing, but its one also that is afflicted by conflict. Police blocks, we try to balance the stories, the good, the bad ive been and the people allow us into their lives. They gave me 10 to minus. He asked me to tell this story. With these where combination of creativity, physicality and technical fitness, football is done, come much more gifted than pool called by the phone and the so thats, thats our is it was with a tiny and event that pump became a fulfilling mega stops playing along side entry into the midfield pump, it was instrumental, its what became an eye clinic team, bringing home for link tied tools to autonomy and comp on a nomination. When im 21 for. Well, the best player he seemed became the most expensive to joining much to united in 2016 for then broad record 105000000 a year. Right. But it was with the French National team to pull the hit, his career high, winning the 2018 woke up and brush that on the scoring in the final how is the document just a injuries, an inconsistent form and purpose, struggle to meet the expectations set by his hefty price tide became a lightning rod to criticism of an under performing team. The football is very beautiful, but hes cruel. People can forget you the next day you can do something great. The next day, youll know by the hes also discovered that success springs a phone risk. In 2022, he found himself threatened at some point. In the case of alleged extortion. It was like a movie. When days money, you have to be careful of money change people. Now saw there is 3 the family and say speech a heavy and pump of life. And the flak hes face hasnt stopped him from speaking out against social injustices. Most recently the killing of a 17 year old boy, my friends police, which spot nationwide protest. I dont think that they are allowed to shoot someone that hes a no. Sure sure. He mean the back on the pitch for a year out in just pull pull isnt mind out to prove his critics moment. Welcome to generation sports time am i am ronnie, and im here in to written these highly and 50 web pool pool, but established himself as long as its helpful. Coolant is in the well, i come to speak to him about the tests and triumphs of his career so far. Outlining faith has changed him and how he uses his platform to speak on the issues that mass us a have to pull. Thank you for joining me on generations for a thank you for inviting i wanted to start out with where youre at at the mind, and i know its been a bit of a difficult season with recurring injuries, but the back on the pitch, it just 1030 i want to ask you, how do you think your priorities are different now compared to when you had 20 years old . And i would just say the experience that have more experience. So mine on my buddy. I know what i want. Also. How do to make sure that difficult here . So i have this hand grew and this wish of playing football and just enjoying myself until like the end of my career is like im an 18 again. I want to do a bit of a conversation about your background as well. So take it all the way back. Uh, both your parents are from getting in west africa, and i want to know how strong that culture influence was in your childhood. Yeah, yeah. So my parents from, from dna, they came in front of scripts, literally through, with the same a free think through us or so was just me and my brothers and my cousins. So my mom adopt my 2 cousins. So we were 5. And she was just like eating all in one place and stuff like that, the value of life taking care of the family thats always been in my, in our culture, in my, in my lifestyle. They raised me with the, with the values restrict, uh how to work. Also because from them coming to friends at the like, but then well still re see some stuff like that. So, you know, like they just raise me as being strong and get ready for life. And is there anything now that you do with your children, that kind of reminds them that, that the routes that they have and where theyre from . When they dont behave good, im like, tell them im going to take you to give you the unit and youre gonna learn, you know, it, cuz youre gonna see there the real value of life. You try to keep the truth or the values of respect. And im taking care of finish all the food because we things that havent been a lucky you lucky you have everything in living in europe in africa. Its not the same. So thats right to, to give them this uh, these values like from the young gate and speaking of culture, you always had a really strong relationship with music, particularly with autism, to african heritage. And you got behind the veggie dream anthem for the 2018 woke up in a big way the could you explain a little bit about the overlap of music culture and football coach and friends and why thats so strong for you personally . I mean, like, i frequently dislike these vibes of then seeing the music and seems to young age as i was in the house who were always like dancing altogether. So thats in me. See my blogs. I love music. I love to good energy. And i mean, you, me to enjoy life also, you know, in front its a lot of the music scene is influenced by how many people have come from north africa or west africa. But at the same time, you know, the cultural makeup of the team, for example, the French National team has been something that sometimes the celebrated say for example, the 98. Well come. But then sometimes those minority pay is escape voted for the poor results. And i want to know if you think that this generation of play is more comfortable navigating those issues of embrace and identity. The media is something that us players, we cannot really control. And you feels like when we play about 9 becomes an issue and the race has come out. So its always like a disadvantage. I would say when youre ready and everything is fine, when you go in and ask for french, basically like a, the phone called in the franco come mobile ne, i mean you born in front, im bone in friends. So when we, when is the friends that when hes not be me . So and if like the manager is choosing the best players in front a. So if you happens that these are a lot of people from africa, go anywhere else. But mean theyll do best and they deserve to play. The race has nothing to do with that. And this is the problem. We always try to look at the race when things dont go well and when things go well, like hes not a problem. And that has to change. How do you deal with as a player when theres so such an intense focus on your background . I mean, you know the team is always been good. So it was like for me to be mix all well because know like race there is on the one nation is france, the law create. This is and well, me make me strong, made that totally mean friends. Its hard, but you have to work 2 times, like harder, like maybe a white guy in my position not to do. I have to have to be like 2 times better than a to play. And this isnt fair. You want things to change because if youre the best indeed have to play and thats it. Theres no color and stuff like that. And then fortunately, the realities, thats not whats happening. And what i can do, and whats helped me is just my, my head mentality. Im ready, and i just want to go shut the, shut the media and show them that theyre wrong. And is that like a big part of the drive that the home get that util combat listen to me. I want to make them their words like, i want show them, but im a week and i can talk, but about me i would never give up. I would never do of think i can not give them like cannot be right. You know, im saying so im like, im going to work how theyre, im going to give my best even more and going to have to show them again. Youve had a lot of highlights in your career. I mean, scoring in the final and winning low cost is a huge deal. Any player would love to have done that. But the same time you have had more difficult moments and youve spoken about struggling with depression and anxiety or injuries. What did you find most helpful during those difficult moments . Unless yeah, and then the region helped me so much. These are the only thing that keeps me. Obviously uncle. I made me to, you know, get out of all the media, all the fading and everything and go back to reality. So this is the big part of my mental strength that keep me and keep me going basically. So faith is one of the places people go to to find comfort when theyre having hard times. And its something that i often have been asking athletes about because its one of those things. Its very common between elite and high performing individuals to have something above you. Is very important, but can you tell me a bit about your personal spiritual journey and how it fits into your life when i come over to uh to is that it was like a was a big change. It was like really 9, no way im here. I know that theres only one good and you just have to you just have to follow the steps. And that helps me in life with the family, with football, with um, with my kids just to, for me is long helped me to, to open my eyes. And what was it that made you decide to make that decision . Was there a particular moment or a person in your life . Oh it was um, you know, i love friends but the most name, theres no way that they were behaving things together. When it was that im, ive done, you know, i used to go in it with them and i really love to share those moments with them. Go to the most, probably like this is a religion that suited me, you know, being altogether talking about their religion, helping each other. And when i stopped doing my research, i just been, i okay, this is, i think this is it. And i pray one time and like my hob, like melt kind of a male tiers and like my body find these place. So i was like, this is, this is my religion. What would be like one thing about your personality or character that you think has become best . Uh, because is your religion. I would say i was getting angry. I was like when i was playing by that was like in math for free days and everything was people from me, my life was only football. And i finally islam. I find like i never lose when something bad happens to me. It makes me when experiencing some even mentally makes me like grow. So is on you when on you, when, when you 1st of the step of allies on the you, you can on the when. So weve talked about religion, but i also want to talk to you about friends and where youre from. You grew up in the saw the bonia, which in the media is often used as a short handful frontier social issues like exclusion or violent crime. What was it like growing up the money was the us goods or some so many good boats because like i said, the curator also we all together we go to each other. This house is like real outside playing football. It was really, really nice. Its enjoyable moments, you know, i love to go and see my friends. You to find me to, you know, life is very simple. And then the other hand is like, distributing these know health is know how people come from africa to ask for a job. And they dont get the job because of the color because of where they from because of the name. Mm hm. And they, so many people like that. And theyre very good. Theyre very professional. But they just dont get the chance that other people will get this unfortunate because they so many potential. Theres so many talent in there that deserve so much more. And also speaking about the suburbs, 17 year old in the home is who was killed by the police during a traffic stop in appraising and so bad. And it spot protest across, sponsoring to the tree out in support of him and his family. Its difficult when play is Start Talking about big issues. They face a lot of criticism. So why was it important for you personally to Say Something about that issue . First of all, i sorry about dont care about traditional like i say what i feel. And the truth is were just one justice. I dont want for us to grow. I dont want to have like to see all the people there like breaking, obviously neighbors, neighbors cause and shops that where they go and stuff like that because that doesnt help. But what would help you suggest is just use for those people to people that did that should get what they deserve. And the government, the people that they are responsible have to help also dispo mother that hes alone now. And they sent me an example they so many example like when you from dude i saw no friends going to jail. I see a lot friends with getting beat by the police one day, a good step, 3 things by the police or and i was with my friends because reading some good areas and we were black. Its odd, but this is reality that has to change because nobody does have that. Im just going to read out the tweet that you posted. It says rest in peace. Now my condolences his mom and his family, nobody does up to die of 17 and even less for a few. So its a comply that just has to be done. You mentioned justice yourself. What does justice look like and do you think it will be done . Just yeah, i hope so. I dont think that you can, youre allowed to shoot someone that is and sure sure he mean that out because he doesnt have a driving license. And because he drove off, i mean you have cameras, you have everything, you can find him, you would find him anyway, right . They so many things like that that happens. And the police now just stopped working for the Police Station that he, that hes from. And thats it, and then after you dont hear about about it, hes not right. So justice, meaning that the people really deserve and they give him the respect to get the respect that they deserve. And thats here when they dont want to leave the country, you dont want to live in the, in a neighborhood where you dont feel safe by the people that showed the protect you was we speaking about power. If you have rub shoulders with some of the most powerful people in politics and in football from jerry, same very near to and none of them were kron. Where have you seen good leadership . I think these different kind of leaders, i suppose, let them, let them use a d. Is it even neither which is harsh . Is strong, you know, with me, im fine. You know, like you could lead just you to play very bad yesterday. What were you doing . Good training today, you know, stuff like that. So hes a leader. He wants you to win. But the safety and the house way, which i like it. Mm hm. You know, some people like some people dont. So he can bring some people very help and can bring some people down with less and you need to be strong mentally. And then its like, i know they show them that would say job in style, mike would do it and yeah, and then i see a favor which a leader in national d. Uh, in months just there. That is totally different becomes you talk to, you try, you know, the nice way sometimes you know, you can go, how dont you but know all the time. So they have different kind of leaders and they some leader that they dont really speak. But on the peach they will always show you an example. I will give you any penny portal. Hm. Total was there either on the ph be theres not someone that speaks a lot in everything in the changing room. But on the beach it was like gives you this confidence distress and everything. And also is a different kind of leader did either. So described you is having taken the leadership role in some way and the French National team. But you got a complex garza and i want to do you see yourself as a leader or do you see yourself as somebody that kind of floats in between . How do you see yourself as an individual . I can say, i think im a leader. I think thats before we tell you, if youre, im not, im just being myself something that i know i will do everything to him and the people that the, the player that theyre around me are make sure that we we and so yeah, thats why were giving my best i would give hundreds to my teammates to everyone so we can when you talk about this hunger and having the hunger back in this energy and wanting to when, when is the time that youve been most satisfied in your life . So never, never know youve never been satisfied. Satisfied. Oh really . Yeah. I always want more always on the oh is one more we agreed in the the degree the noise, something the re happy im being like very happy, but like i said earlier, its never enough. I mean you look Christian Ronaldo may see they always have to prove again. Thatd be all christ, genuine missy. After everything that theyve done, the football he is very beautiful but hes cruel. People can forget you the next day you can do something great. The next day youll, nobody, people are waiting for you. See, im don, is don, scary, finish like so many things like, im over, you know, im that but doesnt exist anymore. You know, im not a good player. And even if one of the, one of the best, im not a good player, always injured like you get all these comments and everything after an example, doing a good carrier, us going go like winning the woke up. I mean, people forget. So you have to prove is something that you have to prove all the time and even more when like you said, i mean the race here and stuff like that for me, thats what i feel. After sure, even though i cant imagine that level of pressure like it makes me tired, it makes me tired to think of that to never feel satisfied. So then your religion gives you a space where i guess you can sit down and have some fees for sure. I mean, you see, we just know long time ago, so that is something youd be interested in. And he spoke about the issues that hes, that has had to do my coma and will that lead to with him . Yes, hes still easy now after that to speak out. Everybody. Uh they are behind in uh the whole support team, but theyve been having all this moment and theyve been killing him. But when they were kidding, i never seen nobody. I mean in the media thing. I mean, maybe theres something, you know, lets ask him whats going on, you know, are you ok mentally and stuff like that . Were going for a lot. We a, here we, we grew up, play football really didnt grow up to getting ready for the media. Because me, so media they, we bring you up so high and then 3 and you down but like to destroy you and this is and hes hobbs, like i didnt during to get ready for do the negative talk to create this is the race event and stuff like that, i just came to play football. I enjoyed playing football. I was a new who would with my friend who were playing them after you get to the 1st theme. You play, you scroll goals, you get all the praise and the best young player in this, in that and then things happen in his life and the destroying him. They dont even ask you if hes ok mentality and stuff like that. They dont care. I completely understand that point, but i think also its difficult because people see football is as being very lucky and having a lot of money. So some people see that as the pay of the lifestyle that they have is true. You have to exhibit, but nobody deserves to be criticized like, like that. The people that career decided they didnt give them the money. I mean, theyre good players that tell them to they were, they all liked to be there. They didnt steal it. Down to football, change, people get enough money more than before and maybe in 10 years is going to be even more. And hes like that they so many players that they looked at mentally, they didnt even want to play football anymore. Because of all the negative default and all the negative, greatest and, and, and all of this, weve spoken about the media and that side of things in the pressure on that side. But ive interviewed a lot of people who artist or athletes who have come from very difficult background and achieved fantastic things. Incredible things even. And im surprised at how often that success and money singles them out as potential targets to people from the previous life. I interviewed nice guy the rep or and he said to me, from the moment you get some success, theres one thing you need to think about and thats the on to rush. Or do you think about that to definitely, i mean, the only people can, can hurt you. Is the people that theyre close to you. Thats it. Then it means you know where they are. And they may not like, you know that they are, but the people that they close, the Friends Family that you thing though is that even though like they are happy for you, they can the other one that they can destroy, you destroy your so yeah, it definitely is people would change when you get money and stuff, the money change people. And thats the reality. And there are lots of examples of stories like this of that happen. And youve had your own situation where youve been dealing with the full out of a very through experience while you were detained to gunpoint by group of men. Some of them that united since childhood. And you said that they were demanding money from you. I know theres a legal case going on at the moment, so we cant speak about the specifics. But can you tell me a bit about how that song has impacted on you personally and professionally . Oh, i know i was leaving like a it was like a movie to me and it was like a movie when days money you have to be careful, money change people. So then break up, refer me the i create a walk and create everything and sometimes like i was just by myself thinking, i dont want to have money anymore. I just dont want to play anymore. I just want to be with like normal people. So they really loving me for me. No, for this a not for the money sometimes is it stuff and like i said like a lot helped me. I realize that his life you have to go for it. It would only make me stronger. Youve talked about how influential your late father was to you and instilling values in your and you now have 3 children. So what are the values that you want to instill in them one that that we do them is or yeah, something to do with money. Obviously mm hm. And their work and we work our lives to make sure that they get a better lifestyle. But i dont want them to saying that its, its normal and were going to go in warehouse knowing the world. But were a crowd and do their own things. You have to work to gain, to gain yall. Do yall money to gain anything in life . You know, i want them to to follow the dream also and it doesnt have to be football. Any doesnt have to be something we crazy money or whatever, but its just something that they love. Thank you for taking the time and joining me on generations for thank you so much. The stories of hope and inspiration. Show us documentaries from around the world that celebrates colleen and resilience in the times of time on the phone and or competent beyond wells. Taken without hesitation in fulton, died from power defines how well we live here. We make the rule, not them, they find an enemy, and then they try and scare the people with that. 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