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Let me tell you, lads.

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Penalty or not,
we were so naive.

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So naive!

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We were out there 45 minutes.

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At the slightest touch
the other side dived.

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For the whole 45 minutes!

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Don’t just stand there watching them!

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Don't just stand there watching them!

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When we win the ball back
we create situations.

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But there’s no intensity, no runs.

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Nobody’s making runs, Abdel.

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No deep runs where it hurts them!

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Who shot at goal?

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-Did you shoot?
-No.

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Did you Abdel?

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What does “compete” mean?

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It means getting a result.

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Then you can say “we competed”.

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You gotta want
to hurt your opponents.

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But we don’t, no we’re too nice.

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We got no intensity,
not enough to hurt them!

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Come on, you’re big boys now!

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You aren't kids any more.

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-Go on, go on!
-Oh no, he's pushed it too far.

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Go, Abdel! Go, go, go!

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Keep going, go!

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Oh, no!

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One Foot in Glory

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a film by

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Get in there! Stay focused!

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Ok! Go on! Ok!

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Yes Sheikh, go for it!
Close him off!

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Sheikh! Keep at him!

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You beat him with one touch,
but then you…

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Abdel, the state of the pitch
and the wind and everything...

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Not easy conditions for ball players.

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Keep it up, Abdel.

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Abdel, go take a shower,
I’ll meet you after.

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Well played, mate!

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It is Abdel’s last year at HAC,
one of Europe’s best youth academies.
He could graduate with a lucrative professional contract.

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Or with nothing.

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-A question for you as you want one.
-Me?

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No the young man next to you.

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The book’s by
Grand Corps Malade [French performance poet].

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-Is that his real name?
-No.

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-It's a nickname.
-No.

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-A stage name.
-Yes, a stage name. Good.

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And why
“Grand Corps Malade” [Tall Damaged Body]?

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-Cos he’s tall.
-A tall body.

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He’s tall and slim!

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-He got injured.
-He's ill.

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He’s damaged.

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-Yeah, we know that!
-You know everything, you do.

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Patients is his first book in prose.
What does "prose" mean?

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It means “out soon”.

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Listen, it's very simple.

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Prose is anything not written in verse.

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Verse? I know what verse is!

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Isn’t it a thing with music?

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No. Verse...
Tercets, quatrains, all that.

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There he goes,
showing off his poetry culture.

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-But I’m right aren’t I?
-Yes.

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What about the film of the book?

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Didn't it speak to you as sportsmen?

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-I was thinking about my woman.
-Your woman?

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-I was like: what if I got injured like him?
-Exactly.

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I was so into the film that--

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Didn’t you identify with him at all?

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-No, but I was moved.

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You might be at a football academy

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but that doesn't mean
your only talent is football.

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You must have other talents!

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-What other talents have you got?
-I'm a rapper, I rap.

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-Really truly?
-Yeah.

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I had no idea!

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Why would you, I don't...

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Go on, you do the words...
I’ll do the thing...

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No I’ll do them after.

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Go on, show teacher
how you do the music.

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Sorry, I wasn’t expecting this.

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-Shall I do A2 or A7?
-No, A.B.B.A.

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Is that it? No more?

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We can’t, I can’t,
the words just won’t come.

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Well, thank you Abdel.

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My main interest is…
-Tell me.

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-Women.
-Women? Is that creative?

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For me it’s not women.
It's money.

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Has your main interest been women
since you were born?

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-Only money, money, money!
-I agree with Abdel.

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Money, money, money...

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Ok fine, I suppose
money's a centre of interest.

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But I mean what helps you
grow and lead a fulfilling life.

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Money does.

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The beauty of money.

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-You just don't get it do you, Madame?
-It bothers me, I admit.

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-Money...
-OK, I understand.

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On the inside
flex your legs for balance.

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Stay low,
keep your centre of gravity low.

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On the outside, pull yourself up taller,
foot front forward.

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On your marks.

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Get set!
Strong start, go, pump those arms!

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Go, faster, faster!
Again, again, again!

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Go for it, go for it! Go, go, go!

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Straighten up, lads.
Don’t bend over, it won't help

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Yes, yes, yes, go Amara.
Pump your arms.

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Go for it, go for it, go.
Run, run, run, run.

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You know why
Abdel has you doubting yourself?

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Because in a single session
he can send you over the moon,

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with football that's out of the ordinary.

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So, over two or three training sessions

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with the under-19s,

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we reckoned on keeping 20 players

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In the end took only 16.

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Well, Abdel lifted his game
and was one of the 16.

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And he did it
in just two or three training sessions.

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So he's got you doubting
your year's work with older lads

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because he’s like:
I’ll show you I'm one the 16 best.

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And he shows you what he can do.

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When he scores,
it’s never just an opportunist goal.

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It’s always something special.

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The whole tournament in Morocco
he was a bit iffy.

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But in the end he won us the final
almost single-handed.

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So for a big match the question is:

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Should we rely on the players

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who've played and been regular?

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Or on one who can score or win a match

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with a flash of brilliance?

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And that's Abdel.
He can win you matches.

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He started the season incredibly.

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We was even better than we expected.

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Right from the start he was very good,

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scoring goals and performing very well.

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And then, he…

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It's the thing that might... uh...
might hold him back.

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Just when he has to step up

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and jump at his chance,
he lets it slip.

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He could have gone all the way
with the under-19s.

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He was in the team
for the semi-finals, all good.

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But he wasn’t in the team for the final

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because two days before
he overslept and was late.

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His bad side emerged
just when it shouldn't have.

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And when he lets himself slide,
he's on skid row.

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I mean, he’s got no hand brake.

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-Alright there, Zora?
-D'you want him to hold you?

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Long live Abdelmalek!

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I swear by on the Koran of Mecca…

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[Abdel] Leave the Koran alone!

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That’s what I call class, wallah!

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Lucky there are two excellent footballers
to make up for the rest!

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Who’s the sonofabitch did that?

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Want to get beat up three times, little shit?

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What d'you do that to me for?

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You got no strength,
don't play the hard man.

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Wallah, you got no strength, mate!

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Don't you understand or what?
Don't you get it?

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Nah, only joking.
Come on let’s go over there!

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-That's enough, I get it.
-You get what?

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Let go! Let go! What you doing?

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I gotta Golf GTD, they can’t catch me!

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Okay, that’s well done, that, okay.

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When you leave a neighbourhood,

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and I think most of you know
what I’m saying,

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you show the neighbourhood there’s hope.

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Every time I came back

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people were infatuated with me.

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They all wanted to see me,
mums, dads, kids, everyone.

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So it wasn't long
before I started to feel special.

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And when I came back here
to Le Havre,

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I felt I was on a mission.

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I was lucky to have great coaches

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in my seven years at the academy.

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And every year, roundabout April, April-May

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they told lads
that they were letting them go.

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But they always kept me on.

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So I thought
that I was going to make it big.

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Anything else was unthinkable.

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I did my seven years.
Everything went great.

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Then, in my last year,
a new factor entered the equation.

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It was one I had no control over: agents.

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We hear more and more
about the commissions

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that agents levy on transfer fees, etc.

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Some of them see you
only as a bank note.

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They’ll tell what you want to hear,

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go see your parents,
take them out for a treat.

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But in truth you're nothing to them
but a bank note.

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I think you've all got self-esteem

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and you're worth much more
than mere money.

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Of course, we all dream of playing
for a big club, all of us.

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But all things come
in their own time. Right?

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Here they look after you properly,

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they're not out
to make millions from you.

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Because, let me tell you,
when I went to Newcastle United,

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I realised that in a big club

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how well you perform
isn’t what matters.

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Newcastle paid HAC
a few thousand euros

00:14:13.080 --> 00:14:14.680
for developing me over the years.

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But I was with guys
who cost €20 or €30 million.

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For me to get a game,

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there had to be a plane crash.

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Unless three or four players
were injured

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I just never played.

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And it was hell finding another club.

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It was the first time
I’d ever been without a club.

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And believe me,
when you're a footballer with no club

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you feel like a waste of space, truly.

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I was living at my aunt's
in the suburbs north of Paris.

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Yet a couple of years earlier

00:14:46.280 --> 00:14:48.760
I had a five-room house
and loads of money.

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Now I was down and out.

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And at times like that,
I'm telling you,

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you've got no mates, no friends,
you've got no-one.

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And when I say “no-one”,
I mean “no-one”.

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But bit by bit it came back to me

00:15:01.040 --> 00:15:02.440
that at Le Havre they used to say:

00:15:02.840 --> 00:15:04.680
"We train you first
to grow into good people."

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I didn’t understand
till I was 24 or 25.

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I think everyone here
wants to be a footballer.

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We all want to succeed,
it’s only normal.

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But it's because
I accepted I had issues to sort out

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and because
I came to terms with myself

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that I’m happy today.

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Yet I earn far less money.

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It still hurts a bit
to see old footage and photos of me.

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I'm like: I got badly injured, it was unfair...

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In a word, I look for excuses.
But I also look ahead.

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Let me tell you something:

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Those of you
who don't succeed in football

00:15:39.920 --> 00:15:41.960
might well go further in life.

00:15:42.400 --> 00:15:44.400
So don't think you've failed.
Honestly!

00:15:44.800 --> 00:15:46.800
If you don’t make it as footballers

00:15:47.160 --> 00:15:48.440
you won't be sad bastards,

00:15:48.920 --> 00:15:50.080
you won't be nobodies.

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What I learned at the academy

00:15:52.720 --> 00:15:55.000
has made me a top worker.

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I’m by far the best in the workplace
in my line of work.

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I've got drive my coworkers haven't got.

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The academy will let some of you go.

00:16:05.200 --> 00:16:07.280
But tell yourselves all you learned

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will stand you in good stead.

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Maybe you’ll find a better club.

00:16:11.440 --> 00:16:14.080
Dmitri Payet was here at Le Havre
but they let him go.

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And what a career he's had!

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There are loads like him, you'll see.

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Some lads here are very average.

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But in five or six years
you’ll be like: “What, he’s pro!

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But I used to nutmeg him,
wrongfoot him, the lot."

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Even now,
when I see some players on TV

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I think no way, not him!
It’s true!

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You wash all that off.
Then I’ll do it for you.

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-OK.
-Let's wash it now and let it dry.

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The henna hasn't turned dark yet.

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-Don't you want it to go with your rings?
-Yeah, it’ll look all...

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Look, that's light-coloured.

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I’m not wearing
this dress tomorrow, you know!

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-What are you wearing?
-Something else, you’ll see.

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D’you think henna tattoos are art?

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-The patterns, yes!
-Like sunrays you mean?

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You want sunrays on your hand?

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Nah! I’m only joking.

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The satnav says do a u-turn.

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We'd better tell them. Try to phone them.

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-Phone who?
-Myriam and that lot.

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-I don't have their their numbers.
-What? Daddy!

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It’s your turn now Abdel.
I expect a lot from you.

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Lots of concentration.
Lots of maturity.

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You should be very mature
because you’re a chip off the block.

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Look at your sister, Ramah.
When she was16, wallah,

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she was already mapping out her future.

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First she got
her youth worker qualification.

00:18:08.800 --> 00:18:11.160
She did it with nobody’s help
all by herself.

00:18:11.600 --> 00:18:14.600
And when Mum fell ill,
she stopped school to look after her.

00:18:15.120 --> 00:18:17.880
And everyone said:
“That’s it, she’s dropped out.”

00:18:18.240 --> 00:18:21.680
Me too, I thought she’d never catch up.
But she did.

00:18:22.120 --> 00:18:24.440
She sat her baccalaureat
as an outside candidate.

00:18:25.200 --> 00:18:27.640
And she passed.
That's a tremendous feat.

00:18:28.080 --> 00:18:31.480
Look at her now:
she’s got her Higher Certificate.

00:18:31.920 --> 00:18:34.840
We went to pick it up the other day.

00:18:35.240 --> 00:18:39.720
Not many people in the hospitality trade
have higher certificates.

00:18:40.160 --> 00:18:43.840
She’s had job offers from all over,
and now she works in Spain, wallah.

00:18:44.320 --> 00:18:46.640
You even went to see her, didn't you?

00:18:47.160 --> 00:18:49.040
So why don’t you follow her example.

00:18:49.560 --> 00:18:51.880
It's not your line of work, I know.

00:18:52.440 --> 00:18:56.920
But in sport, too,
you need perserverance and passion.

00:18:57.480 --> 00:18:59.240
You could have so much.

00:18:59.680 --> 00:19:00.960
And that's what I expect from Abdel.

00:19:01.560 --> 00:19:02.280
Yes. I do!

00:19:13.440 --> 00:19:17.040
You have both said “yes”
and freely given your consent.

00:19:17.520 --> 00:19:20.400
I therefore declare you
legally joined in wedlock.

00:19:54.600 --> 00:19:56.280
So you say to yourself:

00:19:56.640 --> 00:19:59.040
OK, I screw up
because I’m still young.

00:19:58.640 --> 00:20:00.240
Abdel's agent

00:19:59.480 --> 00:20:01.200
But when I’m pro no more screw-ups.

00:20:01.560 --> 00:20:04.080
That’s how you think, not how it happens.

00:20:04.640 --> 00:20:07.120
When they make a youth player pro
that means he’s ready,

00:20:07.520 --> 00:20:09.440
that they’ve trained you for five years,

00:20:09.960 --> 00:20:14.080
you've stopped clowning
and you're focused in training.

00:20:14.480 --> 00:20:17.800
You have to show them all that
in—how many?—eight matches?

00:20:18.160 --> 00:20:19.880
And you've a lot to prove,

00:20:20.280 --> 00:20:22.600
with the interviews coming up
in mid-April.

00:20:22.960 --> 00:20:26.280
So that's a month and a half
and five or six matches.

00:20:26.680 --> 00:20:28.360
You've got show them what you're made of.

00:20:28.760 --> 00:20:32.680
I suggest thinking ahead
so you don't end up in May

00:20:33.040 --> 00:20:34.800
with nothing for next season

00:20:35.160 --> 00:20:39.640
if, perish the thought,
Le Havre lets Abdel go.

00:20:40.080 --> 00:20:42.480
And that could happen.

00:20:42.880 --> 00:20:45.640
I don’t believe it will, personally.

00:20:45.960 --> 00:20:50.520
I think they'll make Abdel an offer
for next season

00:20:51.000 --> 00:20:53.880
depending on what he shows them.

00:20:54.400 --> 00:20:56.320
But the big question is

00:20:56.840 --> 00:21:00.760
whether they'll make you the offer you want?

00:21:01.120 --> 00:21:03.640
-No.
-Eh? You don’t think so?

00:21:04.680 --> 00:21:06.120
Maybe you don't think so

00:21:06.480 --> 00:21:08.000
because you haven’t done all you could.

00:21:08.480 --> 00:21:09.760
No, it’s not that…

00:21:11.920 --> 00:21:13.840
I just know they won’t offer me...

00:21:14.160 --> 00:21:15.560
[Abdel's father] What won’t they offer you?

00:21:15.960 --> 00:21:19.000
-They won’t offer me a pro contract.
-What will they offer you?

00:21:19.600 --> 00:21:22.800
-Dunno. A traineeship I think.
-Traineeship?

00:21:23.240 --> 00:21:25.840
-Yeah, I think so. I don’t know so!
-Not even, maybe.

00:21:26.200 --> 00:21:28.600
-Yeah, maybe not even.
-Maybe not even that.

00:21:29.000 --> 00:21:31.840
[Abdel's father] -It'd  be a shame, though,
he was on the right...

00:21:32.200 --> 00:21:34.080
He started out on the right track--

00:21:34.400 --> 00:21:36.640
But every season
you're on the right track.

00:21:37.000 --> 00:21:39.560
And every season
you do something silly.

00:21:40.000 --> 00:21:46.440
Luckily it's never something serious
because you’re not a bad lad.

00:21:46.920 --> 00:21:50.240
It's always some stupid little thing,
and it holds you back.

00:21:53.920 --> 00:21:56.800
Hey coach, when you sign, say,
a three-year pro contract…

00:21:57.120 --> 00:21:57.800
Yes?

00:21:58.200 --> 00:22:03.960
Does the wage stay the same
or go up each year?

00:22:03.960 --> 00:22:07.400
Well, raises are mostly to do with bonuses:

00:22:07.880 --> 00:22:12.040
for playing over 20 matches, for example,

00:22:12.560 --> 00:22:16.200
or if your team earns promotion.

00:22:16.640 --> 00:22:21.360
Bonuses are what changes,
the basic wage doesn't budge.

00:22:21.920 --> 00:22:24.120
I reckon we’re professionals

00:22:25.320 --> 00:22:27.520
because we train every day.

00:22:28.080 --> 00:22:31.640
In fact, the only difference
is the kind of contracts.

00:22:33.800 --> 00:22:36.360
-Expectations are different, too!
-Yeah, OK, but...

00:22:37.320 --> 00:22:40.000
Pros are adults,
they play for money and that.

00:22:40.440 --> 00:22:42.640
But we're still playing for fun.

00:22:43.880 --> 00:22:45.960
I hope pros don’t play just for money!

00:22:46.320 --> 00:22:48.280
No, but it’s their job, isn’t it?

00:22:48.720 --> 00:22:52.200
Alright, some do it for money,
some because they enjoy it.

00:22:53.760 --> 00:22:56.120
Fair enough, but this is my opinion.

00:22:57.200 --> 00:22:58.880
Take me, for example,

00:22:59.640 --> 00:23:01.200
the way I see it is...

00:23:03.160 --> 00:23:05.600
I don't feel as though I'm at work.

00:23:06.240 --> 00:23:08.640
So I hope professionals don't either.

00:23:09.320 --> 00:23:11.280
-How's that?
-He does what he loves.

00:23:11.680 --> 00:23:15.200
Right I love what I do,
I hope they do what they love.

00:23:15.680 --> 00:23:19.280
I mean, they don’t wake up thinking
oh no, gotta get to work.

00:23:19.800 --> 00:23:21.800
-Oh no, not that!
-Sure. But I think it's--

00:23:22.280 --> 00:23:24.320
I know, but it's a grind for us, too...

00:23:24.600 --> 00:23:26.520
When you make us do things...

00:23:27.440 --> 00:23:29.480
Things we don't like, for example.

00:23:29.880 --> 00:23:30.920
Like what?

00:23:31.400 --> 00:23:34.120
A week of training
that we don’t like, for example.

00:23:34.480 --> 00:23:35.280
Yeah?

00:23:35.600 --> 00:23:37.440
It's hard not to feel it's a chore.

00:25:17.280 --> 00:25:18.240
Abdel.

00:25:21.480 --> 00:25:22.120
Abdel.

00:25:27.760 --> 00:25:29.760
Well, what about the tournament?

00:25:33.880 --> 00:25:36.480
Wish we'd done better, but…

00:25:40.920 --> 00:25:43.560
How would you rate yourself overall

00:25:43.800 --> 00:25:46.040
if you had to rate your performance?

00:25:46.480 --> 00:25:47.480
Four, four-and-a-half.

00:25:53.160 --> 00:25:54.360
So, four, four-and-a-half.

00:25:55.120 --> 00:25:56.400
That a good tournament?

00:26:00.280 --> 00:26:02.360
-Well, yeah.
-Yeah?

00:26:03.480 --> 00:26:04.760
Well, average, isn't?

00:26:06.280 --> 00:26:08.960
Four, four-and-a-half
for a match,

00:26:09.240 --> 00:26:10.560
is that good?

00:26:10.880 --> 00:26:11.920
It’s average.

00:26:14.280 --> 00:26:15.960
It’s below average, Abdel.

00:26:17.600 --> 00:26:20.880
An average performance is, say, five.

00:26:22.200 --> 00:26:24.880
But you give yourself
four, four-and-a-half.

00:26:27.200 --> 00:26:29.840
That's what you say,
I'm not saying you're right.

00:26:30.320 --> 00:26:32.840
But you know
what four, four-and-a-half means.

00:26:33.400 --> 00:26:36.800
It means you played
a below-average match

00:26:37.280 --> 00:26:40.320
or a below-average tournament.

00:26:49.640 --> 00:26:51.560
How would you rate
your match against Evreux?

00:26:52.000 --> 00:26:53.800
I haven’t given you
your scores yet.

00:26:54.400 --> 00:26:54.920
Dunno.

00:26:58.520 --> 00:27:01.200
-Did you play well or not?
-I played well.

00:27:02.120 --> 00:27:04.520
-Were you involved in any goals?
-Yeah.

00:27:05.000 --> 00:27:06.200
What did you do ?

00:27:06.720 --> 00:27:08.600
I scored and I made goals.

00:27:09.000 --> 00:27:11.040
-How many goals did you make?
-Two.

00:27:11.440 --> 00:27:12.520
-How many?
-Two.

00:27:12.880 --> 00:27:15.560
-So you made two and scored one?
-Yeah.

00:27:15.960 --> 00:27:17.680
Alright then,
how d’you rate yourself?

00:27:18.360 --> 00:27:19.320
Six-and-a-half.

00:27:21.840 --> 00:27:23.880
So a good performance

00:27:24.720 --> 00:27:26.360
is more than four, four-and-a-half.

00:27:28.920 --> 00:27:32.160
And there's more to it
than making and scoring goals.

00:27:32.640 --> 00:27:35.600
-But they’re part of your job.
-Yeah, I know.

00:28:13.920 --> 00:28:18.480
Despite the qualities
you’ve shown at times,

00:28:19.000 --> 00:28:22.240
our decision relates more... uhm...

00:28:23.840 --> 00:28:27.760
to your lack of consistency in matches.

00:28:29.520 --> 00:28:33.920
And also certain attitudes
and behaviour

00:28:35.320 --> 00:28:39.760
which lead us to believe that,
for the time being,

00:28:40.480 --> 00:28:42.560
you’d struggle to become

00:28:43.120 --> 00:28:46.080
a professional footballer with HAC.

00:28:46.640 --> 00:28:50.480
We wish you all the best.

00:28:50.960 --> 00:28:54.480
We’re not saying
you won’t succeed.

00:28:55.000 --> 00:28:58.480
But for certain reasons

00:28:58.880 --> 00:29:01.840
we can't keep you on
next season.

00:29:02.640 --> 00:29:05.400
Do you want to say something,
or shall I, Abdel?

00:29:05.840 --> 00:29:06.560
It’s up to you.

00:29:07.760 --> 00:29:11.640
-Let's hear them out.
-I've got something to say.

00:29:12.080 --> 00:29:13.320
I'll hear you, no problem.

00:29:13.840 --> 00:29:17.160
I haven't missed a match
since he was a kid.

00:29:17.480 --> 00:29:20.680
And I'll say it again and again:

00:29:21.240 --> 00:29:23.240
in the big matches
he always rose to the challenge.

00:29:23.680 --> 00:29:27.240
I can’t think of any other attackers
with his ability.

00:29:27.720 --> 00:29:29.520
I’d like to state his case.

00:29:30.040 --> 00:29:31.680
Let me list some matches.

00:29:32.160 --> 00:29:36.840
Against PSG, for example
his three matches were flawless.

00:29:37.240 --> 00:29:40.120
Let me give you just one example, Mr Amara.

00:29:41.040 --> 00:29:43.600
Let’s go back to last season again.

00:29:44.000 --> 00:29:45.720
-Remember the final--
-Yes, I know--

00:29:46.200 --> 00:29:48.680
No, we'll come to that...
Now back to that example

00:29:49.200 --> 00:29:51.360
which I think tells the whole story.

00:29:51.800 --> 00:29:56.120
So,it's the French national
under-19s final. Right?

00:29:56.520 --> 00:29:58.440
I select only one player born in 2000,

00:29:58.800 --> 00:30:01.560
even though I’ve got 1998s and 1999s.

00:30:01.960 --> 00:30:05.120
One lad only doesn't wake up
for training.

00:30:05.840 --> 00:30:07.600
Only one and it's the youngest.

00:30:07.920 --> 00:30:08.960
-Yes, I admit [inaudible]

00:30:09.440 --> 00:30:13.840
OK, fine...
Abdel ruled himself out of the team.

00:30:14.520 --> 00:30:17.600
-I’ll never convince you--
-No, Mr Amara, we've spoken about that.

00:30:18.040 --> 00:30:21.400
But if we're talking skill,
pure footballing ability...

00:30:22.000 --> 00:30:25.120
Abdel, it's obvious,
you've got real potential.

00:30:25.480 --> 00:30:28.080
But ultimately, is it enough in itself

00:30:28.520 --> 00:30:31.160
for us to feel
we can make a pro of you.

00:30:31.680 --> 00:30:33.400
We just don’t know.

00:30:34.000 --> 00:30:37.840
I’m really disappointed in your project...

00:30:38.560 --> 00:30:42.440
The only coach, let me tell you,
who knows Abdel

00:30:43.000 --> 00:30:45.800
and he might be surprised to hear this,

00:30:46.320 --> 00:30:48.560
but the only one is Mr Lebaillif there.

00:30:48.960 --> 00:30:51.320
Honestly, he knows Abdel, you don't.

00:30:51.640 --> 00:30:55.120
My son told me he'd grown
very attached to him.

00:30:55.480 --> 00:30:58.760
I won’t repeat his words,
they're a bit… touching.

00:30:59.240 --> 00:31:03.400
He was always Abdel’s reference.

00:31:03.920 --> 00:31:09.360
Four, five months ago,
Abdel still looked up to him.

00:31:09.800 --> 00:31:15.320
Today, though,
and Mr Lebaillif can say what he likes,

00:31:16.000 --> 00:31:19.200
I'm not sure, I dunno, but I'm not sure

00:31:19.760 --> 00:31:23.240
he stood up for Abdel strongly enough,

00:31:23.640 --> 00:31:25.200
because he always used to.

00:31:25.400 --> 00:31:28.840
But now,
when we really need his support,

00:31:29.440 --> 00:31:32.840
he sides with the director,
who arrived this year.

00:31:33.280 --> 00:31:36.120
And with all of you.

00:31:36.760 --> 00:31:40.520
Mr Amara you made the point

00:31:41.720 --> 00:31:45.520
that I know Abdel better
than anyone else here.

00:31:46.280 --> 00:31:48.920
When he was 13
and joined the academy

00:31:49.320 --> 00:31:51.560
we met here for Abdel to sign.

00:31:52.040 --> 00:31:54.360
We sat round the table,
all three of us

00:31:54.880 --> 00:31:56.840
Do you remember?
I do, very well.

00:31:57.280 --> 00:32:00.560
Since then
Abdel has been with us five years.

00:32:01.000 --> 00:32:04.080
And two things come to mind.

00:32:04.560 --> 00:32:07.040
The first is
he’s come to the end of a cycle.

00:32:07.640 --> 00:32:09.080
Why’s that?

00:32:10.280 --> 00:32:13.600
Because five years
is a long time to be in a club.

00:32:14.160 --> 00:32:16.400
You might think it’s a short time,

00:32:16.960 --> 00:32:20.760
but for an 18-year-old,
it’s almost one-third of his life.

00:32:21.280 --> 00:32:24.960
The second thing is this.

00:32:25.400 --> 00:32:28.080
He’s one of the lads I've shared--

00:32:28.520 --> 00:32:31.560
No he’s THE one
I’ve shared THE most with

00:32:31.920 --> 00:32:34.480
in his time at the academy.
We talked a lot.

00:32:34.840 --> 00:32:35.920
The tournament in Concarneau, for example.

00:32:36.280 --> 00:32:37.240
It was 11 o’clock at night,

00:32:37.240 --> 00:32:39.920
but I took the time
to have a talk with Abdel.

00:32:40.280 --> 00:32:41.440
Everyone else was in bed.

00:32:41.920 --> 00:32:44.280
I call him and say: let’s talk.

00:32:44.840 --> 00:32:46.720
And I’m like:
Abdel, you’re here with the team,

00:32:47.440 --> 00:32:48.640
but you don’t deserve to be.

00:32:49.160 --> 00:32:52.720
Not from what you've shown us
in training and on the pitch.

00:32:53.080 --> 00:32:55.800
The reason you’re here is your ability,

00:32:56.200 --> 00:33:00.080
because your flashes of brilliance
can swing a match.

00:33:01.080 --> 00:33:03.360
Unfortunately football isn’t about flashes.

00:33:03.800 --> 00:33:07.720
It's about being consistent, that’s what.

00:33:08.320 --> 00:33:12.640
I'd like to say
I consider, we all consider

00:33:12.640 --> 00:33:14.880
not that Abdel hasn't suceeded,

00:33:15.280 --> 00:33:18.400
but WE haven't succeeded
in developing him like we hoped.

00:33:18.400 --> 00:33:20.000
WE have failed HIM.

00:33:20.480 --> 00:33:23.800
Think about it, five years here!
The time spent!

00:33:24.240 --> 00:33:26.840
Not the money, no. The time!

00:33:27.240 --> 00:33:30.520
The time spent trying, wanting, believing

00:33:31.240 --> 00:33:35.400
he’d make it, he’d turn the corner,
he’d show us what he's got.

00:33:35.880 --> 00:33:38.280
Now here we are and we think:

00:33:38.720 --> 00:33:41.280
WE failed. Damn, WE failed.

00:33:41.320 --> 00:33:43.520
Let’s go do the inventory of my room.

00:33:44.040 --> 00:33:48.000
OK, but we haven’t received
the authorization yet.

00:33:49.640 --> 00:33:50.440
I"m not joking.

00:33:50.920 --> 00:33:51.920
I don’t belong to you any more!

00:33:52.360 --> 00:33:53.280
No, that’s not the point.

00:33:53.800 --> 00:33:55.120
You can vacate your room.

00:33:55.560 --> 00:33:57.520
But first you need
the director’s authorisation.

00:33:57.920 --> 00:33:59.800
Did he say something, J.F.?
What director?

00:34:00.360 --> 00:34:02.360
Let’s ask him, he won't say no.

00:34:02.680 --> 00:34:03.360
But where is he?

00:34:03.720 --> 00:34:05.640
He’s interviewing the under‑17s.

00:34:06.040 --> 00:34:07.520
Yeah, but I’m out of here.

00:34:08.720 --> 00:34:10.800
You've been here
for the last five years,

00:34:11.320 --> 00:34:12.680
you can wait 10 minutes, can’t you?

00:34:13.040 --> 00:34:14.120
-Even an hour.
-Sure, no problem.

00:34:16.080 --> 00:34:17.760
Looks like a registration number!

00:34:18.120 --> 00:34:20.400
Separate it out with some slashes at least.

00:34:22.120 --> 00:34:23.400
Courage, my brother.

00:34:23.760 --> 00:34:24.680
Keep in touch.

00:34:25.160 --> 00:34:26.200
All the best, all the worst.

00:34:29.560 --> 00:34:32.640
I'm a free man, I got no club.

00:34:43.680 --> 00:34:46.560
- What’s bothering you?
-Nothing!

00:34:47.280 --> 00:34:49.920
Don’t say that.
You got to open up, Abdel.

00:34:50.600 --> 00:34:54.240
-Do you feel anxious or something?
-No.

00:34:54.680 --> 00:34:56.880
-I don’t think it’s pressure.
-No.

00:34:57.320 --> 00:34:59.560
There's no pressure from us.

00:35:00.680 --> 00:35:03.080
Too bad about Le Havre.

00:35:03.600 --> 00:35:06.400
But maybe it’s a blessing in disguise.

00:35:07.080 --> 00:35:09.160
Come on, NSaint‑Etienne are a League 1 club.

00:35:09.640 --> 00:35:10.640
It's a chance not to miss.

00:35:13.040 --> 00:35:15.040
You've got an opening.

00:35:15.520 --> 00:35:17.280
You should be glad and thinking:

00:35:17.720 --> 00:35:20.920
“Monday there's this thing
I got to do right.”

00:35:21.400 --> 00:35:24.160
"It's my chance to bounce back,”

00:35:25.240 --> 00:35:26.280
“that's all there is to it.”

00:35:26.680 --> 00:35:29.160
“I didn't realise
when I was with Le Havre.”

00:35:29.720 --> 00:35:31.320
“But now I do
and I'll grab the opportunity.”

00:35:31.680 --> 00:35:33.640
“It’s there in front of me
and I’ll seize it.”

00:35:34.000 --> 00:35:34.960
-OK, we’ll see!
-Eh?

00:35:35.360 --> 00:35:36.280
We'll see.

00:35:37.080 --> 00:35:39.120
What kind of outlook's that?

00:35:39.560 --> 00:35:42.120
You're going down there Monday?
What for?

00:35:42.440 --> 00:35:45.840
I’m going down there on holiday.

00:35:46.400 --> 00:35:48.880
She's not talking to you
in that tone, Abdel.

00:35:49.200 --> 00:35:50.840
I dunno what I'm going down there for.

00:35:51.000 --> 00:35:52.600
Can't you answer my question?

00:35:53.040 --> 00:35:56.200
-Don't you have a reason?
-To play the tourist.

00:35:56.880 --> 00:35:59.280
What makes you think
you’re gonna play tourist?

00:35:59.960 --> 00:36:01.760
Don’t you have any aims?

00:36:02.280 --> 00:36:04.240
Can’t you see up I’m up shit creek?

00:36:04.840 --> 00:36:05.960
I gotta do something.

00:36:06.360 --> 00:36:08.640
-That's what we want to hear.
-That’s what we want you to say.

00:36:09.080 --> 00:36:12.120
Tomorrow, or even next week,
if you a sign contract

00:36:12.560 --> 00:36:14.760
we'll be like:
phew! that’s a load off our minds.

00:36:15.200 --> 00:36:15.800
Exactly!

00:36:16.320 --> 00:36:18.880
And what d’you think
we want for you?

00:36:19.320 --> 00:36:22.240
Success and fulfilment in football
because that's your trade Abdelmalek!

00:36:22.880 --> 00:36:27.160
Do it for your parents at least,
especially your mother.

00:36:27.560 --> 00:36:30.440
She's enrolled you in clubs
since you were tiny.

00:36:30.880 --> 00:36:35.520
She feels for you and I think
she deserves something from you.

00:36:36.040 --> 00:36:38.200
What about us? We're proud of you.

00:36:38.720 --> 00:36:40.400
You’ve done us proud so often.

00:36:40.880 --> 00:36:43.400
I've seen you play
and been moved to tears.

00:36:43.920 --> 00:36:46.400
Those are times that I remember,

00:36:46.920 --> 00:36:50.160
even though I was fed up
with football football all the time.

00:36:50.640 --> 00:36:54.520
But when it's family
you see things differently.

00:36:55.000 --> 00:36:58.480
We'll go anywhere, travel miles
come rain, come shine.

00:36:58.920 --> 00:37:00.760
just because we're glad to watch you.

00:37:01.160 --> 00:37:04.360
And tomorrow if you play
on the other side of the world,

00:37:04.800 --> 00:37:06.560
I’ll be there.

00:37:07.640 --> 00:37:10.280
Six months and three club trials later

00:37:13.480 --> 00:37:15.680
Wallah! it's the motor of my dreams,

00:37:16.200 --> 00:37:18.760
that crap old jalopy, the SEAT 205!

00:37:19.280 --> 00:37:21.520
I bought it when I was 17,
I used to drive it to school.

00:37:21.960 --> 00:37:23.560
Wallah, believe it or not,

00:37:23.960 --> 00:37:24.880
but less than two months ago

00:37:25.240 --> 00:37:26.720
I almost bought a SEAT 205 automatic.

00:37:29.920 --> 00:37:32.640
You plan to live a long way
from the neighbourhood?

00:37:34.480 --> 00:37:37.920
Too right.
There’s no way I’m staying.

00:37:38.320 --> 00:37:40.280
I won't move too far, though.

00:37:40.640 --> 00:37:41.360
Grand Quevilly?

00:37:41.680 --> 00:37:44.400
Yeah, a quiet little town
like Grand Quevilly or Petit Quevilly.

00:37:44.680 --> 00:37:46.640
But not some city neighbourhood,
no way.

00:37:47.120 --> 00:37:48.840
You're with your babe, you go out,

00:37:49.240 --> 00:37:51.080
and there’s like 10,000 blokes
just hanging.

00:37:51.960 --> 00:37:53.080
That’s no kind of life.

00:37:53.520 --> 00:37:54.600
Live in the country, wallah.

00:37:57.280 --> 00:37:59.640
You couldn't, you,
even if you had kids and that.

00:38:00.320 --> 00:38:02.680
You'd go for a run,
go to bed, go for a run,

00:38:03.120 --> 00:38:05.600
eat, sleep, train,
eat, sleep, train.

00:38:05.960 --> 00:38:08.600
That’s all you'd do.
Train, train, train.

00:38:09.640 --> 00:38:10.880
Yeah, so what?

00:38:11.280 --> 00:38:13.960
That's up to you,
you know what you gotta do.

00:38:14.480 --> 00:38:15.480
Which is what?

00:38:15.920 --> 00:38:17.720
Dunno.
I dunno anything about football.

00:38:18.120 --> 00:38:20.120
Then why d'you tell me to go running?

00:38:20.520 --> 00:38:22.000
Training keeps you fit, doesn't it?

00:38:22.320 --> 00:38:23.120
What then?

00:38:26.640 --> 00:38:28.440
How many contacts have you got?

00:38:29.640 --> 00:38:32.320
How many agents have you contacted?

00:38:36.440 --> 00:38:37.320
Four.

00:38:38.760 --> 00:38:40.160
Did you contact them?

00:38:41.120 --> 00:38:41.760
Yeah!

00:38:42.600 --> 00:38:43.400
Them, too!

00:38:44.480 --> 00:38:47.000
One got in touch with me.

00:38:48.360 --> 00:38:49.480
And the other three…

00:38:52.960 --> 00:38:54.560
-You called them?
-I called them.

00:39:00.440 --> 00:39:02.840
A bit of a change, isn’t it?

00:39:08.240 --> 00:39:10.320
So you're taking your destiny in hand?

00:39:12.560 --> 00:39:14.840
Yeah! so if things don’t work out,

00:39:15.120 --> 00:39:16.720
I’ll have only myself to blame.

00:39:19.320 --> 00:39:21.840
Do you want to make money?

00:39:22.840 --> 00:39:24.440
What about you?
Wanna make money?

00:39:25.720 --> 00:39:26.640
Yeah, I do.

00:39:27.080 --> 00:39:28.640
Well so do I.

00:39:30.440 --> 00:39:33.320
Who doesn’t want money?

00:39:36.640 --> 00:39:40.200
Say there’s a good club
one you really like.

00:39:40.680 --> 00:39:44.080
But a club you like less
offers you better money.

00:39:44.680 --> 00:39:46.080
What would you do?

00:39:46.720 --> 00:39:48.640
-But the good club still pays me?
-Yeah.

00:39:49.000 --> 00:39:50.040
I join the one I like.

00:39:50.360 --> 00:39:51.600
I just need a basic wage.

00:39:52.080 --> 00:39:54.200
Just enough to get by,

00:39:54.760 --> 00:39:56.760
a pair of trainers from time to time,

00:39:57.280 --> 00:40:01.000
some neat jeans... nothing much.

00:40:03.160 --> 00:40:04.560
It’s 5:50 p.m., see?

00:40:04.880 --> 00:40:05.960
I think I’ve got €3.

00:40:06.680 --> 00:40:10.360
Three euros to live on right now.

00:40:10.880 --> 00:40:13.960
Times are hard... €3.50.

00:40:14.400 --> 00:40:16.200
What can I do with €3.50?

00:40:17.320 --> 00:40:19.440
Just go up to Sundack, buy a can.

00:40:20.040 --> 00:40:21.640
Then I'll have nothing left.

00:40:22.680 --> 00:40:24.600
Life is tough at times, isn't it!

00:40:25.440 --> 00:40:28.880
I could make some easy money,
but that's not me.

00:40:30.960 --> 00:40:34.160
If I did that I’d be rock bottom.

00:40:35.800 --> 00:40:38.960
I'd have hit rock bottom
if I got into that, feel me?

00:40:48.280 --> 00:40:50.160
What’s a good wage for you?

00:40:51.320 --> 00:40:52.400
A decent wage, yeah?

00:40:52.800 --> 00:40:56.720
Yeah, for your first pro contract

00:40:57.120 --> 00:40:59.040
with a club like Ajaccio,

00:40:59.040 --> 00:41:02.480
a good little Corsican team in League 2.

00:41:02.920 --> 00:41:05.600
€5000 is good if you sign up as pro.

00:41:06.040 --> 00:41:09.080
Your first year €5000, €6000,
that’d be fine.

00:41:10.680 --> 00:41:12.480
-You're an optimist alright.
-Yeah, I'm an optimist

00:41:12.920 --> 00:41:14.320
Always look on the bright side.

00:41:14.760 --> 00:41:17.440
Two arms, two legs, food on the table,
you can make babies.

00:41:17.800 --> 00:41:19.480
What more do you want?

00:41:19.920 --> 00:41:21.040
What more do you want?

00:41:21.560 --> 00:41:23.760
-Yeah, you’re optimistic alright.
-Am I?

00:41:24.280 --> 00:41:25.640
You know everything will be alright.

00:41:25.880 --> 00:41:27.640
Yeah, I don’t fret about--

00:41:27.960 --> 00:41:28.840
Hey, you mean life in general?

00:41:29.480 --> 00:41:31.320
Are you serious? My life...

00:41:31.880 --> 00:41:34.120
Whatever happens, I'll get by.

00:41:37.240 --> 00:41:39.240
-Abdel, how are you?
-Good. What about you?

00:41:39.560 --> 00:41:41.080
-Keeping well?
-Yeah, doing well!

00:41:42.640 --> 00:41:44.360
Got your hat on. Cold is it?

00:41:44.500 --> 00:41:46.500
Yeah, it's cold. The wind...

00:41:46.840 --> 00:41:48.800
-A little wind does you good.
-Yeah.

00:41:49.360 --> 00:41:52.280
-Isn't there any wind in Rouen?
-Yeah, but less than here.

00:41:52.800 --> 00:41:54.320
-So, all good?
-Good. And you?

00:41:54.800 --> 00:41:57.440
Yeah, I’m good.
So you dug out my number?

00:41:57.960 --> 00:41:59.920
Yeah, it's still saved in my phone.

00:42:00.240 --> 00:42:02.560
I thought there was a bug
when I got your message.

00:42:02.920 --> 00:42:04.520
I was like, "What! Lebaillif!"

00:42:05.040 --> 00:42:09.640
Me too, I thought:
Abdel, it's been a long time.

00:42:10.120 --> 00:42:13.440
So, Abdel,
what are you hoping for?

00:42:15.280 --> 00:42:18.240
Like we said, get some trials.
I've already had some.

00:42:18.720 --> 00:42:21.360
If they work out, join a club.

00:42:21.920 --> 00:42:24.280
After, get myself good and fit,

00:42:24.720 --> 00:42:28.240
and try to sign a pro contract
as soon as I can.

00:42:28.880 --> 00:42:33.080
From then on, it'll be all good.
I won’t go back home.

00:42:33.520 --> 00:42:36.640
I'll stay away from home.
I’ll work seriously hard.

00:42:38.120 --> 00:42:40.240
Yeah, it's true,
I wasted too much time.

00:42:40.720 --> 00:42:43.280
You don’t realise
you’re wasting it at the time.

00:42:43.640 --> 00:42:45.840
Still, you’ve got an advantage,
you’re only…

00:42:46.240 --> 00:42:47.840
-Yeah, I’m only 18.
-Only 18!

00:42:48.240 --> 00:42:50.400
I played my role
as your educator.

00:42:50.880 --> 00:42:54.320
Then I handed over to your agent.
It’s up to him now.

00:42:55.040 --> 00:42:59.160
But, look,
I've got quite a few contacts.

00:42:59.520 --> 00:43:03.320
I know coaches and heads of academies.

00:43:03.800 --> 00:43:06.560
I can easily phone them about you.

00:43:07.040 --> 00:43:09.440
They’ll do me the favour
of giving you a trial.

00:43:09.920 --> 00:43:12.520
Then it’s up to you.
I can do that, no problem.

00:43:13.000 --> 00:43:14.320
That’s the best solution, I think.

00:43:14.520 --> 00:43:18.160
The best thing, I think,
is to get away.

00:43:18.720 --> 00:43:21.160
-Yeah, a long way!
-Right! A long way!

00:43:21.640 --> 00:43:23.320
I've got my driving licence,
I can move fast.

00:43:23.960 --> 00:43:27.320
Far enough
to get away from the family circle,

00:43:27.760 --> 00:43:31.080
your mates and the neighbourhood.

00:43:31.640 --> 00:43:33.840
I know that I’ve changed, too.

00:43:34.560 --> 00:43:38.640
Once I find something,
that'll be it, I'll be totally committed.

00:43:39.000 --> 00:43:41.680
I gotta sign a pro contract,
I'm done messing about.

00:43:42.240 --> 00:43:46.960
There are players everywhere,
all over the place.

00:43:47.360 --> 00:43:51.200
If a club can't have that one,
too bad, it'll take this one.

00:43:51.300 --> 00:43:52.300
There are footballers galore.

00:43:55.000 --> 00:43:58.320
So coaches today
are looking for players

00:43:58.840 --> 00:44:01.800
who have ability like you,

00:44:02.720 --> 00:44:04.040
who have a good mindset,

00:44:05.480 --> 00:44:07.400
who are ambitious and driven,

00:44:07.760 --> 00:44:10.480
perhaps even more than others.

00:44:10.880 --> 00:44:13.200
And players
who are reliable, reliable.

00:44:13.760 --> 00:44:16.280
That means turning up for appointments,

00:44:16.760 --> 00:44:18.880
doing extra training
if they ask you,

00:44:19.320 --> 00:44:22.680
staying focused and not eating junk food
if they ask you.

00:44:23.200 --> 00:44:26.080
Those qualities sometimes matter
more than sheer ability.

00:44:26.600 --> 00:44:30.240
Yep, football's a complicated business.

00:44:30.680 --> 00:44:34.800
It’s the best,
but it’s the most complicated, too.

00:44:35.280 --> 00:44:37.360
When you’re a kid,
they tell you football is brainwork.

00:44:37.360 --> 00:44:40.600
And you're like, what!
Is it brainwork or footwork?

00:44:41.040 --> 00:44:43.480
In fact,
you really have to think football.

00:44:46.440 --> 00:44:49.240
It’s a bit of a complicated case.

00:44:49.540 --> 00:44:52.540
We weren’t all
on the same wavelength

00:44:53.000 --> 00:44:58.600
about this lad,
who's a Normandy lad from Rouen.

00:44:59.000 --> 00:45:02.040
His time at the academy was up,

00:45:02.360 --> 00:45:04.360
and we wondered
whether to keep him on.

00:45:04.800 --> 00:45:07.080
In terms of ability,
he showed he was good.

00:45:07.480 --> 00:45:10.560
We’d signed a contract with him.

00:45:11.000 --> 00:45:14.200
He even played a couple of times
for France youth.

00:45:14.680 --> 00:45:17.200
So he’s not
your run-of-the-mill youngster.

00:45:18.240 --> 00:45:20.880
I coached him for three years,

00:45:21.240 --> 00:45:22.600
so I wouldn’t call you

00:45:23.000 --> 00:45:24.920
if he was just some flash kid.

00:45:25.680 --> 00:45:28.920
Hi, Fares,
this is Michael Lebaillif from HAC.

00:45:29.280 --> 00:45:30.280
Hope you’re well.

00:45:30.720 --> 00:45:33.520
Could you call me back
when you've got a moment.

00:45:33.960 --> 00:45:36.080
I've got a favour to ask you.

00:45:36.520 --> 00:45:39.560
It’s this lad who’s had a few trials.

00:45:40.000 --> 00:45:42.760
He was supposed
to sign with Saint-Etienne.

00:45:43.120 --> 00:45:44.480
It didn’t work out, though.

00:45:44.840 --> 00:45:46.960
I think they signed
a B-team pro instead.

00:45:47.360 --> 00:45:48.480
But that's a another story.

00:45:51.920 --> 00:45:55.680
-You take sugar, don’t you, Abdel?
-Yes.

00:45:56.040 --> 00:45:57.600
You'll have to add it after, then.

00:46:05.800 --> 00:46:08.120
Abdel must sign professionally
by 31st January.

00:46:08.480 --> 00:46:10.840
After that, as a professional
he can’t sign anywhere.

00:46:11.640 --> 00:46:13.200
Why?
Because there’s a rule.

00:46:13.560 --> 00:46:16.040
On 31st January
the transfer window closes.

00:46:16.440 --> 00:46:19.840
You hear about it on TV,
but it applies to all players,

00:46:20.280 --> 00:46:23.960
even in the lower divisions
and local leagues.

00:46:24.320 --> 00:46:27.200
So if Abdel signs with a club
after the January deadline,

00:46:27.760 --> 00:46:29.200
it can't be as a professional,

00:46:29.640 --> 00:46:30.960
nor as a senior.

00:46:31.520 --> 00:46:33.800
So he can't play for the senior team.

00:46:34.240 --> 00:46:36.800
He can play for the club's under-19s

00:46:38.000 --> 00:46:39.600
The possibilities are limited.

00:46:40.200 --> 00:46:43.280
The offer you've had from Bastia...

00:46:43.720 --> 00:46:47.200
you need to be sure
they want you to evolve fast.

00:46:47.680 --> 00:46:50.400
If you're not sure they do

00:46:51.440 --> 00:46:55.320
I advise you to fly to Lyons
on Tuesday evening.

00:46:55.800 --> 00:46:58.520
I’ll make a call
and you join Lyon La Duchère.

00:46:59.320 --> 00:47:01.960
And you’ll be in a team
in National 3 [fifth division].

00:47:04.040 --> 00:47:05.680
You've got to feel good about it.

00:47:06.120 --> 00:47:10.040
You've got to be sure you're interested.

00:47:10.440 --> 00:47:13.640
There'll always be a pitch,
105 metres long by whatever…

00:47:14.080 --> 00:47:16.680
But who cares?
What matters is you feel good.

00:47:17.080 --> 00:47:19.000
Down at Bastia,
when they show you round

00:47:19.400 --> 00:47:21.160
do you like what you see?

00:47:21.720 --> 00:47:23.520
At Lyons, too, do you like it or not?

00:47:23.720 --> 00:47:24.680
OK?

00:48:22.680 --> 00:48:25.240
-No problems?
-No, everything's fine.

00:48:38.640 --> 00:48:42.640
I think Julien, the coach, explained

00:48:43.080 --> 00:48:45.480
what he’s expecting from you
as a player.

00:48:46.000 --> 00:48:49.800
And I’ve told you what we expect

00:48:50.200 --> 00:48:51.800
in terms of how you relate to the club

00:48:52.160 --> 00:48:54.880
and the projects we have.

00:48:55.520 --> 00:48:59.640
So that’s the draft
of the first contract,

00:49:00.000 --> 00:49:03.760
which, as it stipulates,
and if you agree,

00:49:04.160 --> 00:49:06.760
runs to 30th June 2019.

00:49:08.120 --> 00:49:11.160
The contract is drawn up
on the basis

00:49:11.640 --> 00:49:13.320
of pre-tax compensation

00:49:13.840 --> 00:49:18.520
of 66 points on the payscale
of the French Football Federation,

00:49:18.920 --> 00:49:21.000
where one point equals €14.60,

00:49:21.200 --> 00:49:25.280
which comes to a monthly wage
of €963... before tax.

00:49:26.760 --> 00:49:29.120
Those term run to 30th June.

00:49:29.600 --> 00:49:34.640
Then, if the coach of the first team,
the senior team,

00:49:35.320 --> 00:49:37.920
has longer-term projects for you

00:49:38.280 --> 00:49:40.760
based on how you perform on the pitch,

00:49:41.120 --> 00:49:44.480
then we’ll all sit down together
and discuss new terms.

00:49:45.000 --> 00:49:46.400
Fine.

00:49:47.440 --> 00:49:48.600
It's good for me.

00:49:49.120 --> 00:49:50.880
It’s 31st January.
So, if you agree,

00:49:51.280 --> 00:49:55.280
we can sign the contract.
It’s the last day.

00:49:56.000 --> 00:49:57.240
There, I’ve stamped it.

00:49:57.640 --> 00:50:00.480
But if you sign, I'll sign too
on the other side.

00:50:00.880 --> 00:50:02.640
So… you sign your part,
I’ll sign mine.

00:50:03.080 --> 00:50:04.600
-Is it fine by you?
-Yeah, I'm good.

00:50:05.000 --> 00:50:06.520
Well, let’s sign.

00:50:11.640 --> 00:50:13.240
Good! Right, I’ll sign my part.

00:50:13.720 --> 00:50:17.160
It’s already pre-signed and stamped.

00:50:30.960 --> 00:50:35.160
There we are!
In triplicate.

00:50:36.160 --> 00:50:37.640
Let’s shake on it.

00:50:38.120 --> 00:50:41.280
I’m delighted
it's with the Sporting Club of Bastia

00:50:41.600 --> 00:50:42.720
-that you're signing your first contract.
-So am I.

00:50:43.080 --> 00:50:46.760
Well, I hope we'll go far together,

00:50:47.280 --> 00:50:52.520
and that you'll show us
all you can do.

00:50:53.720 --> 00:50:56.120
-Thank you.
-Thanks to you, too.

00:50:56.560 --> 00:50:59.080
Let’s go down onto the pitch.

00:51:04.960 --> 00:51:08.080
Here you see the presidents and players

00:51:08.560 --> 00:51:11.320
who have built the club’s history.

00:51:11.840 --> 00:51:15.000
All along here you'll find
the life and times of the club.

00:51:17.160 --> 00:51:19.680
-Ah there he is!
-Eh? Yes, there he is.

00:51:26.520 --> 00:51:31.200
Here we are, walking out
into the Armand Césari Stadium.

00:51:35.920 --> 00:51:40.200
Look at that, eh?
Ever been in grounds like this?

00:51:40.680 --> 00:51:43.240
I mean have you played in any.
You haven’t?

00:51:46.480 --> 00:51:51.400
Well, I hope you feel
this ground's special something.

00:51:51.840 --> 00:51:54.200
-There's a vibration here.
-Yeah, it's great.

00:51:55.880 --> 00:51:58.760
When the team runs out
they run out over there.

00:51:59.160 --> 00:52:00.960
Hope you're one of them.

00:52:07.040 --> 00:52:09.240
-Makes you want to play, doesn’t it?
-Yeah.