Yohan Cabaye talks about Parisian training

Former midfielder PSG,
Yohan Cabaye now holds the position of sports director of the training center. For teams of
Free Footthe Frenchman spoke about his new life by answering the question of Rio Mavuba.

Since last October, Yohan Cabaye
is the sports director of the training center of PSG. A role that he embraces perfectly, as he himself explains to
Rio Mavubahis former teammate at
LOSC : « I was appointed sports director, pre-training and training. It's challenging, but honestly… you know it like me, we lived for more than 20 years with the pressure of results, we had to perform on the field, it's a bit the same dynamic“, he confided for Free Foot before continuing: “ Humanly speaking and intellectually speaking, it's fantastic. It's a long job, because the training is in three-year cycles.“. As a former player
PSGthe sports director of the capital club's training center knows the importance of keeping an eye on the professional world as a young player, thus having a link in the structure between the youth categories and the big leagues: ” We have relationships with the first team of course, because the work has to be aligned. We work for them. As our objective is to be able to bring as many players as possible into the first team“. In addition to players with high potential,
Yohan Cabaye do not hide the will of
PSG to also have a real impact on the education of Parisian titis outside the field: “ We want to be good on the pitch, therefore training very good football players, but also human beings and men for the future with great values« .

“The telephone at the table is prohibited”

The quality of the environment is taken into account in training in PSG. Indeed, the conditions offered to Parisian titis in the new training center could make some people nonchalant. A parameter that the management of the training center including
Yohan Cabaye don’t forget: “ Our job is precisely to warn them about this. Give them the opportunity to train well on fantastic grounds, but be careful, just because you are there doesn't mean that whatever happens everything will go well if you don't put in the effort. This is where we must always be, in the discourse, intensive, and leave nothing to chance. Because otherwise they may slow down in their progress, or perhaps sometimes miss out on a career. […]
We have eliminated tap dancing in the gym. Tap dancing at meals, not allowed, telephone at the table, prohibited. Delays especially it is important to arrive on timehe always declared for Free Foot.