This Wednesday, The team has published his traditional file on the salaries of Ligue 1 (and Europe) players. Between excessive sums and much more modest income, the general trend rather turned upwards. But to earn a lot of money during a career as a professional footballer does not necessarily mean that the rest will be just as rosy. A statistic emanating from UEFA clearly proves that footballers remain in danger for their post-carrier.
According to Stéphane Ehrhart, career transition expert in UEFA, “40% of professional footballers in Europe have no money five years after the end of their career”. An alarming data and an obvious necessity to prepare players more to anticipate the rest of their professional life.
As everyone is not Kylian Mbappé and does not set up millions to no longer know that to do, surround and train footballers on this post-carrier management seems more than necessary.
Anticipate to avoid a drama
FFF sports agent, Sonia Souid spoke about the subject on the channel
The team. “Retraining, any athlete, even at twenty, knows very well that he will not be able to exercise this fabulous profession of football player all his career. So we will have to anticipate. It is necessary to press the obtaining of the bac, especially do not let go of the studies. »»
And the agent to add a precision: “Even if you have the chance to make a much better life than ordinary people, it will not last life. So we will also have to be able to put aside and think about investing. It is our responsibility, the bodies, the agents, the families, the players, the players and all the people who have the privilege of providing work in this football (…), to think about all these subjects and to take our responsibilities to avoid this kind of dramas. Because we really talk about human dramas. »»
