• Olivier Delacroix and his show "In Olivier's eyes" are back for a new series of documentaries.

  • The first episode, "In the name of sport", Olivier Delacroix gives the floor to athletes.

    Far from their chosen domain, they agreed to speak freely about their wounds and their flaws.

  • Wesley Ngo Baheng, former professional footballer has agreed to confide in his past and his hopes.

“In the name of sport”, this documentary title sticks strongly to the skin of Wesley Ngo Baheng.

The Francilien left Blancmesnil at the age of 10 to join the training center of Le Havre AC.

A structure known for its quality sports training techniques and methods.

Steve Mandanda, Dimitri Payet, Paul Pogba… All were trained in the training center of the port city.

At the age of 17, Wesley therefore left France, heading for England and the Newcastle club.

Across the Channel, the footballer will discover the professional world but also money, a lot of money.

Surrounded by unscrupulous agents, he will admit today that they “ripped him off”.

The smell of banknotes turns heads, the native of Blanc-Mesnil gradually moves away from his family and his childhood friends.

“When you are a footballer you feel a little above society”, blows the former footballer.

Rupture of cruciate ligaments

In Newcastle, the attacker will experience the injury that all athletes fear: the rupture of the cruciate ligaments.

Not once, but twice.

Complicated for him then to return to the highest level: "I tried to play at lower levels but I had to retire at the age of 26"

What to do with his life, when his whole world revolves around football?

"I came home, I knew no one was going to judge me, even if there was a little disappointment.

I could build a new identity, ”says the ex-footballer.

If Wesley keeps smiling, he admits that the “road was very dark.

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His new role as big brother

All these hardships gave him an idea: to help footballers retrain for the professional world.

“An issue neglected for several decades and what I have experienced several players have experienced it too.

The idea is to transfer skills,” according to Wesley.

Between the young people who leave the training center without a contract and the players who cannot find a club, the former Geordie has a whole market that is reaching out to him.

With another former Le Havre AC player, Mathieu Manset, they created their agent company, MSG Consulting.

A structure to support young people and give them all the keys for their end of career.

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