On October 18, Guy Roux blew his 87e
candle. On this occasion many of his former players paid tribute to him, like Djibril Cissé. “ Happy Birthday Dad Guy »soberly wrote the former Blues striker on his X account (ex-Twitter), he who considered the emblematic coach of AJ Auxerre (from 1961 to 2005) as his father.
“ He’s a second dad. It’s a reference. I was lucky that he took me under his wing”for his part declared Philippe Mexès about Guy Roux in the podcast
Kampo. Same story on the Taribo West side. “ He is a father, a coach, a great leader, from whom I learned a lot. He showed me the path to follow. If I got here today, it’s thanks to Guy Roux,” confided the former Nigerian defender to L’Yonne Republican.
Among the many players he had under his command, Guy Roux did not, however, leave only good memories. Trained at AJA, Nicolas Marin still has a grudge against the native of Colmar. He regrets that the latter did not give him a chance within the Burgundian club.
“I was very angry with him”
“ For me, he didn’t give me a chance, and I was very angry with him, but what he did at the AJA was monumental. He’s iconic and that can’t be taken away from him. », declared the former striker during a live with Treize013, broadcast on YouTube. He actually only played nine matches in three years (0 goals) within the AJA professional group between 2000 and 2003.
“ What do I remember about Guy Roux? He chained his players, Marin continued. We did the same training sessions every week. I will remember it all my life. Tuesday morning forest, afternoon small games, Wednesday eleven against eleven match, Thursday tennis ball-running-stretching… It was every week. »
