Gaël Kakuta said it bluntly: almost all footballers carry a sadness that no one wants to see.
The former French-Congolese forward, who had spells at Chelsea and with the Democratic Republic of the Congo national team, described a dressing room full of masks. Fame, money and cameras, yes, but also loneliness. “You don’t know whether your relationships are real”, he confessed, and went further by asking something unsettling: do you sleep at night?
His words sparked conversation on social media, although not everyone supported him. Several users began comparing his life of luxury with everyday problems, downplaying the complaint. Kakuta was emphatic on one point: what he describes is not tiredness, it is something that needs real help.
