When money is not everything: “I earned 500,000 euros a month and had anxiety attacks”
“Money does not buy happiness.” A typical cliché that everyone has heard at some point and that is always questioned. In the case of Yann M’Vila It is a statement that became true. The stage in which he earned the most money as a footballer was also the worst on a personal level. and there are more and more footballers who are honest about the mental healthspeaking openly about situations that occur far from the playing fields.
The ‘Rouge et Ble’ podcast is where the midfielder commented on what he experienced in Russia. Yann began to stand out at Stade Rennais, until In the 2012-13 season he signed for Rubin Kazan. He spent two seasons there, until he went on loan to Inter Milan and then to Sunderland. On his return, already a proven player in the big leagues, He signed a great contract thinking that he would be happy that way, but nothing could be further from the truth.
“At that time I earned 500,000 euros net per month, but I was in my room having nervous breakdowns”declared the Frenchman. In addition, he has acknowledged problems managing his earnings: “I’m not going to say that money doesn’t bring happiness, because it helps and makes things easier. I had this money on my card, but it didn’t help me at all.”. An example that professional footballers, despite being rich and famous, can also suffer from this type of problems, which are much more common than it seems.
Recover your smile in your country
After a season and a half, M’Vila decided to return to his country. He spent two and a half years at Saint-Étienne, but then he went back to Greece to join Olympiakos. In Athens he shone for three campaigns, being a true reference in the red and white core.
Now he has returned to France to stop in Caen de Kylian Mbappéthe footballer himself being the one who called him to convince him: “He told me about the project, what he expected of me. The next day I saw his mother and we reached an agreement.”
The conversations with the footballer were successful thanks to the great understanding between them: “Kylian knows me very well, I also know him very well. They know that I am a reliable player, that they can count on me to give my all”. There he takes advantage of his last years as a professional soccer player, enjoying the sport away from the spotlight and from situations that once took him to the limit, because When health comes into the picture, money takes a backseat.
