Wednesday, 03 March 2010
Sagna and the shrink
Arsenal forced star defender Bacary Sagna to see a psychologist following the death of his brother. The young French international was left devestated after his older brother Omar passed away suddenly after having a seizure in the bath two years ago. "I still think about Omar ever day," Sagna told The Sun newspaper on Monday. "Things are getting better with the passage of time. But it has been very tough for me. I felt lost. It was eating me up inside, without me even realising. One day Arsenal's psychologist came to see me. He told me: 'Something is not right with you. You have a blank look on your face.' I opened my heart to him about my troubles, and it was an enormous help to me." Sagna, 27, signed for the Gunners for £7m from Auxerre in 2007. He has won 16 international caps for France. His parents hail from Senegal.