He sealed a Liga switch to Villareal after a year with the Catalan side, making 35 appearances. The 25-year-old defender moved to Premier League top-side Manchester United in 2016 and has then risen to a popular figure among fans both in his home country and abroad. Speaking with The Flight in a bare-it-all-interview, the Ivorian international recounted how his life changed within the span of five years. "In about five years I had gone from selling cigarettes in the streets of Abidjan to playing for the biggest club in the world," Bailly said.🗣 "In about five years I had gone from selling cigarettes in the streets of Abidjan to playing for the biggest club in the world."https://t.co/1d1R3manys
— Football Tweet (@Football__Tweet) December 27, 2019
"When I was nine I was going to school and playing football in the streets like most boys. I was also helping my mother, Appoline, with various things around the house. "I was always like this. What little strength I had, I tried to put at the service of others. The two of us were living with my older brother, Thierry, in a small village called Bingerville," the 25-year-old further posited."You all know about my “fake” life.
Now let me tell you about my real one."@ericbailly24 on his injury, the Ivory Coast and the flight that changed his life.https://t.co/MkzQ8lpFUW — Players' Tribune Global (@TPT_Global) December 26, 2019
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