For many, Hatem Ben Arfa is nothing less than the biggest waste in French football. The native of Clamart, passed by the biggest French clubs – OL, OM, PSG – nevertheless ended his career with five titles of champions of France, three French cup, two League cup and fifteen selections in the French team.
Nevertheless, those who rubbed shoulders with him, especially in his young years, are convinced that Hatem Ben Arfa could have gone much higher. “” The biggest waste, I will say Hatem Ben Arfa, Recently entrusted Ricardo Faty to So Foot. Hatem is a mess in the sense that he had a talent. He was done, even if he was also seriously injured, it must be said. But Hatem, he still had cartridges. He really had the opportunity to go higher. Afterwards, the extra-sporting side, the so mental side made it not had the career he deserved because we all know that Hatem could have tu tutoring the very, very large. »»
His former agent, Frédéric Guerra, even considers him as “The biggest football mess at 21e century “. “It bugued psychologically a long time ago, in his childhood. He was the king, the king, the king. We always told him his rights but never his duties. When I spotted him and his parents trusted me, I was convinced to have a player in my possession, if we worked his mind, who would be a future golden ball so he had talent. It will remain a huge mess ”, he explained in the past.
Hatem Ben Arfa's mother pointed out
Thursday, on the occasion of the release of his book “From the scaffolding to the Champions League”, the former agent presented a layer, pointing to his finger.
“Hatem was complicated because he is an impatient boy, he said at the RMC Sport microphone.
But the boy is endearing. Afterwards, there was a complicated environment. »»
And Frédéric Guerra to point the finger at his mother, who did not hesitate to claim the head of Karim Benzema while the two prodigies were at the training center of Olympique Lyonnais.
“I had so much pressure …, he revealed.
On the side of the Ben Arfa clan the mother said: 'I warn you, that Karim does not sign professional. I warn you. ' There were pressure on all sides and I watched Karim telling myself that he deserved him so much but I had so much pressure. »»
“At one point I told myself that I had brought Hatem, I got involved with his parents so that my wife and I are his Lyon parents until her majority. So I told myself that I was going to continue to be the one I decided to be three or four years before. And too bad, I had to stop with Karim ”, he continued, adding, bitter:
“There has become one who has become a golden ball and the other nonexistent. You can't tell yourself that. »»
