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in my biography, i m lucky. i think without the football i would probably be dead or be injail right now. and i m not ashamed to say it because that s a fact, that s the truth. like i say, i had to survive. i m not proud about things i ve done in the past. when my brother died because he was a drug addict, that s when i knew unfortunately, well, fortunately and unfortunately for my brother, i knew i would never touch any drug. but you did deal drugs for a while? i did some marijuana because when my dad left there wasn t any authority. and for my mum to feed because it one point we were 13 kids at home. 13? yeah. i ve got 2a brothers and sisters. my dad never watch tv or use the remote, he was a busy man. and 89 nephews and they all call me santa.
going to change, no. and we can change things, but i keep talking about that. a project didn t even start. hang on, let s take this slow. so you re tying the failure to act against racism to the money in football and to initiatives, like the effort to create a super league for the elite clubs in europe? i m struggling to see the connection. i see the connection because i was so surprised, the fact the way everyone was, you need to stop it, and they shut down the project. but the racism is for so many years and it s notjust football. you mean the will isn t there to really tackle racism? yeah, the real will is not there. like i say, i will tell you maybe something really sensitive i m not sure we should ban racist people. because because which message they going to get? they re not going to learn. they re going to say, 0h, we put them in a box because i m racist.
is not me, it s for the other kids outside there. and you should come out and you will feel better and hope those persons will stop abusing another child. maybe it says something also about the nature of the dressing room, the mentality that footballers have to have. you can t really show vulnerability, you can t discuss your emotional troubles when you are at the elite level in a professional sport like football. but that s why i m like, in football no one care about the mental health. like, no one care. is that true of you and your career? in italy, in manchester. all through my career you need to deliver. we are like toys, product, you need to perform, if you re not feeling well. but you have different manager like i had, for example, alex ferguson, he would support right now, straight away, if i wasn t feeling well. because you ve got
because when you play football, you re just passionate about the game. you don t know what s behind all the politic. of course i wanted to stop playing for the national team for many reason. because every time. but why did you agree to be captain? because i was captain of my friends, not of my country. and that s why we strike for a player. that s why i could, like, as a captain, say, no, we shouldn t try. because i didn t want to let my friend down. and that s why many people after that, they were in my face, they say, patrice, you re so stupid. they re going to bring back the guillotine just for you. but i wasa like, i m ok. because i m always, all my life, thinking about other people than myself. what kind of racist attitude did you encounter when you were representing france? we receive a lot of racist letters. even some people,