Emmanuel Petit has known great joys in his life as a footballer. 1998 world champion, winner of Euro 2000 … The former midfielder does not have to be ashamed of his career and his record. However, his personal life has not always been a long, quiet river.
The native of Dieppe has experienced painful episodes having marked him forever. In an interview with Yahoo, Emmanuel Petit notably returned to the loss of his brother, Olivier. Also a footballer, the latter died of a brain aneurysm in 1988, before playing a match with the AS Monaco team.
“He died playing football in front of his future wife, in front of my other brother David. I learn it in the most terrible ways since my parents went down to Monaco. I always remember it because we were at a friend that day ”, Confess the man who has become a sports consultant.
The death of his brother, a source of motivation for Emmanuel Petit
“In fact, in the space of two, three minutes, I see the face of my father who liquefied. He begins to hit his head against the wall saying: 'It's not true, it's not true, it's not true', “ continues the ex-player from Arsenal.
The disappearance of his brother Olivier resonated like an electroshoc for Emmanuel Petit, then 17 years old at the time. He specifies that he then made the promise of doing everything to succeed and restoring the smile to his loved ones.
“From this moment, I made a promiseassures small. That of doing everything so that my brother is honored and so that my family finds a smile. »»
