“Choosing is to give up” says the little sentence. Some decisions may, with hindsight, prove to have been the right ones. Others not. Former agent of Karim Benzema and Hatem Ben Arfa, Fred Guerra was led to decide between the two players. Then at the training center of Olympique Lyonnais, those who already announced themselves as nuggets of tricolor football were under the leadership of the agent. The latter decided to take care of Hatem Ben Arfa.
More than two decades have passed since the day Fred Guerra has chosen to devote himself to the career of Ben Arfa. A career without comparison with that known (and still knows) Karim Benzema. What cause some regrets to the player agent who opened this Thursday on RMC. “You can't say that.” There has become one who has become a golden ball and the other, nonexistent. »»
And the one who also dealt with Loïc Rémy's affairs at the same time to continue with objectivity: “Afterwards, could we have continued to get along like when he was a teenager?” I don't know. Because a boy grows, it takes his ideas. »» But Fred Guerra insisted on this regret for not being able to continue to take care of the future Ballon d'Or 2022, he who worked on construction sites before becoming an agent.
Guerra and the regrets of having dropped Benzema
“Could we have continued together?” I don't know. In any case, when I see the career he has made … You know, when you leave scaffolding and you go to the Champions League and you have one that is a golden ball (…). »» Fred Guerra also spoke of Hatem Ben Arfa and dwell on the character of the former OL and PSG passed by nine different clubs.
“Hatem was complicated because he is an impatient boy. (…) But the boy is endearing. Afterwards, there was a complicated environment. »» If Karim Benzema notably won five Champions League, four Liga or four Ligue 1 and his famous Ballon d'Or, Hatem Ben Arfa, among other things, gleaned five titles of champion of France, three French cups and two cups of the League.
