Oh my god this is happening with UCL winning member Barca Treble selling uniforms?

Apr 07, 2025

Oh my god this is happening with UCL winning member Barca Treble selling uniforms?
Photo =Daily Mail



Can you imagine a player who played for Barcelona selling soccer uniforms after retirement.

The British Daily Mail surprised soccer fans on the 7th (Korea time) "The European Champions League (UCL) winner and Barcelona star appeared as a store employee in France." Jeremy Mathieu, who played for Barcelona, Valencia and Sporting Lisbon, works as a French sports store employee after five years of retirement from Sporting," he reported.

Mathieu is a French defender born in 1983. Early in his career, he was a left-back. Mathieu, who made his debut in France, moved to Valencia in the 2009-2010 season after playing well for Toulouse. Mathieu, who quickly made a leap to Valencia's core, changed his position to center back in the 2012-2013 season.
Oh my god this is happening with UCL winning member Barca Treble selling uniforms?
Photo =Daily Mail
Mathieu, who also showed outstanding performance as a center back, entered the big club after being offered by Barcelona in the 2014-2015 season. It was a fantastic debut season. Mathieu led Barcelona's defense while playing as a starting player in the center-back position. Barcelona, led by Lionel Messi, Neymar, and Luis Suarez's tripod, will remain the most powerful team in football history as it achieved the treble. Mathieu was a member of it.




However, from the second season, Mathieu was pushed out of the starting lineup as he showed signs of anxiety. In the end, it was released at the end of the 2016-2017 season. After moving to Sporting, he retired after finishing his career twilight years in Portugal. During his heyday, he was often selected for the French national team.
Oh my god this is happening with UCL winning member Barca Treble selling uniforms?
Photo =Daily Mail
Soccer players enter the soccer world by many channels after retirement, but they are not as unique as Mathieu. It is a very unusual case for a Barcelona player who has won the UCL to work as a store manager.

The Daily Mail said "Martille works in a store located near Marneille, France, and is one of the football store managers. The store has received hundreds of phone calls from fans who want to meet Mathieu after photos of Mathieu with customers were released."

Of course, it has been found that Mathieu is not taking his job as a store manager as a full-time job. The outlet noted that "Martille is reportedly working in the store while training to become a football coach."




It is speculated that Mathieu is not working as a store employee due to financial difficulties. This is because the annual salary he received from Valencia in the 2013-2014 season to his retirement from Sporting in the 2019-2020 season is estimated to be 30.5 million euros (about 49.2 billion won). Considering the money he received when he played in the French league and in the early days of Valencia, he is likely to be a wealthy man of tens of billions of dollars.

Reporter Kim Dae-sik rlaeotlr2024@sportschosun.com






This article was translated by Naver AI translator.