Despite his (almost) 38 years old, Dimitri Payet did not finish with football. If he must now essentially be satisfied with a replacement role, the tricolor international is preparing to start a new season with the Vasco de Gama, his third with the Carioca club. His first two years in Rio de Janeiro will not always have been easy for the former Stéphanois. In particular because of the distance from his family, which remained in Marseille.
“” The distance from my wife and four children is the most difficult. I found professional balance, but at the family level, we compromise, sacrifices. It's harder for my wife because the daily management of children is work. It is thanks to her that I can play here with a quiet mind ”he said last September. But to believe a Brazilian lawyer, Dimitri Payet has not always been alone in recent months.
Dimitri Payet has never threatened it but …
Aged 29 years old, Larissa Ferrari revealed on social networks that he had had a connection with the Reunionese playmaker for seven months, claiming to fear for his safety.
“I decided to denounce it because no one was aware of our relationship and I'm afraid. He has always been an incredible person even if we had arguments as in any relationship, due to stupid things like jealousy, but I am afraid that someone wants to protect him and that something happens. »»
“He never threatened me or anything, but I was afraid because I knew too much, that's all”, she explained, adding: “He never told me about it but it was one of my concerns. »» The young Brazilian added that there had never been a question of money. “Let's be clear: I will not get anything for that and I don't need to justify myself or explain myself to anyone,” she said. I have to assume the consequences of my actions but financially, there is nothing. If you invent something, it's your problem. »»
Happy dad of 4 children -Noa (born in 2009), Milan (born in 2013), Pharrell (born in 2015) and Tiana (born in 2020) -, Dimitri Payet for many years with the one who has become his wife, Ludivine, met in 2006 while he was playing in Nantes.
