In February 2016, Serge Aurier created a storm which ended up pushing him away from PSG. Right side of Tottenham since 2017, the Ivorian speaks this Tuesday in the columns of France Football about the Périscope affair and insulting remarks made towards his coach of the time Laurent Blanc or some of his teammates. "I was alone in the midst of a crowd throwing stones at me," he regrets four years after this episode.
"There was no one to save me. It was just me. Today people still talk about it. Myself, I tell myself that it will never end, says Serge Aurier. In this team, there were not many who had the love of the jersey like me. The love of Paris like me. I was proud to play in my city, proud of the importance that I started to take on. I was so happy that nothing could stop me. The fact that all this disgusted me, to the point of leaving, it's a shame. ”
"The video lasted more than two hours! But people took ten minutes ”
The former Toulouse player also returns to the behind the scenes of the public broadcast of this video which has been so talked about. "It's like an app is coming out today. Like everyone, we discover it, we download it, we put it on and we don't know what's going on, explains Aurier. The video lasted more than two hours! But people took ten minutes. Not even ! I even did rap freestyles in it. I am not even focused because I play PlayStation. He is on his computer playing Football Manager and he is connected to his phone. I answer questions, I don't even calculate. We talked, we laughed. ”
A finalist in the Champions League with Tottenham last season, Aurier also believes that PSG is on the right track to pass a level on the European scene: “This year, I think Paris has resolved some problems. Frankly, they are likely to go far because there is less pressure on them this season. If Paris wants to win the C1 tomorrow, don't put pressure on it. Last season, who could have imagined that Manchester United would pass? I could have bet my house that Paris was going to win. It was unimaginable. There, it must be the opposite: that nobody is counting on the Parisians this year to get them to the end. ”