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Journalist
Passionate about sport, cinema and television (on screen and behind) since his childhood, Bernard has been a journalist for 10 Sport since 2018. More skilled with the keyboard in hand than with the ball on his feet, he decides to mainly cover a beloved sport, criticized and hated at the same time (football) and a sport that is not one (wrestling).
Zoumana Camara almost joined Paris Saint-Germain well before his transfer in 2007. In 2002, when he was at OM, his recruitment in the capital was hoped for by Luis Fernandez, who envisaged a three-way defense with Gabriel Heinze and Mauricio Pochettino. Despite the enthusiasm of the principal concerned, the operation ultimately did not materialize, postponing its arrival until five years later.
Zoumana Camara is one of the leading figures of PSG in the 21st century. It’s simple, the former defender of the AXIS experienced everything in the capital, from the struggle to remain under the orders of Paul LeGuen in 2007 after his transfer to the titles of Champion of France with Carlo Ancelotti et Laurent Blancalongside stars recruited by Qatari owners like Thiago Silva or Zlatan Ibrahomovic. The one we call Buttocks retired in 2015 at the age of 36 with 224 matches to his credit, beginning a reconversion in the first team staff as assistant then as coach of the under-19 team, until his departure to summer 2024.
“I was excited and, in the end, it didn’t happen…”
But his Parisian adventure could have taken another turn with an arrival in 2002! At that time, Luis Fernandez leers the defender, then playing loon. « I was in Marseille and I had to sign for PSG with Luis Fernandezhe revealed last May in the columns of The Team. I see him in a Moroccan restaurant in Paris. He takes a paper: “Next season, I want to play with a three-man defense, Heinze, Pochettino and you.” I was excited and, in the end, it didn't happen… » An operation which would have caused some noise given the rivalry between the two teams.
“Kid, I came to the Park”
« It was Paris! As a kid, I came to the Park, in Auteuil, with my friends from Colombes (Hauts-de-Seine). On the pitch, it was Le Guen and Kombouaré, whom I later had as coaches (at PSG), Weah with whom I had the chance to play (OM), Bravo, Ginola, Roche, Ricardo.. Sometimes our educators made us leave before the end because the skinheads from Boulogne were coming around to fight. It was hot », continues Zoumana Camarawho will ultimately wait five additional years before discovering the Parc des Princes in the jersey of the PSG.
