Sunday, April 9, 2023 at 10:06 PM• Jonathan van Haaster

Adil Rami is completely done with the situation at his club Troyes. The captain went down with his club at home against Clermont Foot on Sunday, so that the gap to the safe sixteenth place has grown to seven points. Troyes still has eight games to save the day, but the frustrations are already clearly visible with Rami.

Number eighteen Troyes could not overcome the hits of Muhammed Cham and Johan Gastien against Clermont in the first half after the break. Afterwards, Rami hid his frustrations from the camera Prime Video least. “I don’t care. I’m 37 years old and my career is over,” said Rami bluntly about the possible relegation of his club. The Frenchman also expressed his frustrations with the younger players in coach Patrick Kisnorbo’s selection. “I don’t know if I should feel sad for players who are already giving up. They will have to look at themselves in the mirror. The mentality is not good and the defeat was a logical one.”

Rami indicates that during the training sessions there is enough talk about the mistakes made during the matches. During those matches, however, the agreements are not fulfilled, according to the former defender of AC Milan, Sevilla and Valencia, among others. “We can’t ignore these kinds of details. We need to talk about it, but I get the impression that the conversations during the games are completely forgotten.” The defender was particularly unhappy with the performance against Clermont. Rami clearly thought the visitors were better.

“We didn’t see a team that wanted to fight for survival,” Rami continues. “We lowered our heads and gave them the game. I don’t know why. We didn’t leave the best impression,” said the veteran. It is not the first time that Rami has made remarkable statements. For example, the 36-time international stated in 2020 that he could have gotten more out of his career, were it not for the fact that he ‘loved food and women too much’. “My biggest problem was the food. I like food. It’s a shame because when I’m 100 percent fit, no striker in the world will scare me,” he wrote in his biography.