All eyes will be turned to Auxerre on Tuesday evening. It is at Father-deschamps that Djibril Cissé is organizing his jubilee with many prestigious guests: 1998 world champions like Thierry Henry and Robert Pirès, international stars like Didier Drogba and Jay-Jay Okocha, Aja legends like Philippe Mexès and Sabri Lamouchi. But also emblematic coaches like Arsène Wenger and, of course, Guy Roux.
A Guy Roux who could not miss this meeting so important for his ex-star attendant, which he led in Yonne from 1999 to 2004 and raised like his own son.
“The coach, I call him my second father, he knows itconfirms the former scorer, questioned by our colleagues from
French Football Weekly.fr. He knows what he represents. It is someone who kept his word towards my mother, who had strong words. »» The former Burgundian coach had more than words for “djib”.
So that he feels at home at Aja, where the native of Arles landed when he was still a teenager, Guy Roux actually joined the gesture to the Word. “His mom worked in a nursery school. He was the seventh child and one of his big brothers had been professional in the second division (Abu, editor's note)he recalls. He came with the big brother, there was his mother. »» That the Auxerrois coach managed to seduce by setting up a very skilful plan.
Djibril Cissé, the Renault Clio who changed everything
“As he was 14 years old, I decided to pay his mother every month a trip with his eldest son to come and see Djibriltells Guy Roux. So for two years, every month they were entitled to two tickets and a clio in Orly, and they came to see Djibril. »» What weave a very strong link between the two men who, thirty years later, have not forgotten anything of these years. The former French international knows how much he owes his mentor, his spiritual dad.
“When Stéphane Guivarc'h came back from injury, I wanted to leave. The coach told me to trust him. And I was a little c*n, we can say it …, he says. I had a meeting with my big brother at the time. He said to me, 'Do you know who is this gentleman? Do you know who he came out? Cantona, Boli … I prepared for it and I got into the row. And today, thanks to him, I made this career and I became a respectable name. Thank you so much. »»
