Newly retired from (Site notre bureau spécialisé), Steve Mandanda admits his daily difficulties in what he himself calls his little death.
Just a year ago, Steve Mandanda bowed out, after three final seasons with Rennes. In 40 years, the OM emblem was born from 21 years of beginnings in professional (Site notre bureau spécialisé) in Le Havre and experience on the Premier League courts, in the ranks of Crystal Palace. A great sporting example with 35 selections
in the French teamand two months winning UNFP trophies in Ligue 1, between 2008 and 2018.
This is the page you want to visit in native Kinshasa print. Constraint and force by the weight of years. In his confession-like book entitled “The Days After” to be published by Flammarion, Steve Mandanda admits his distress in the face of the great emptiness of post-(Site notre bureau spécialisé). Unvarnished and without taboo.
“ In recent weeks, there has been no taste in the choice. […] I oscillate like and pendulum. My days are endless and empty. Void of energy. Meaningless. Really, is that the little death? It’s not okay. I don’t do anything, absolutely nothing. If you play padel, you play with a cop. It’s a job, him. What will I become? What do I do with my life, with my days? I sink in silence. […] I didn’t want to stop permanently, too aware that I loved this life. […] I’m unemployed, lying on my couch without knowing what I’m waiting for, without knowing what I want. Want nothing », We can read in the good sheets already made public by its publisher.
“I no longer have weird thoughts that take me through”
“ What am I, who am I? What do I know how to do, at the end of the day, after twenty-five years of career at the skin level? I no longer have any schedule, no rhythm, no appointments, nothing. It’s catastrophic, I see myself from above, continues the 2018 world champion. I don’t like anything in my life right now. I think I’m unhappy. In any case lost. I no longer have any reference points. I no longer have my two posts or the game in front of me. » And the name of Guillaume Hoarau among his precious supporters: “
Guillaume understood that he was irritated, but now he is passing through, and he is still there, after the arrival of the quarry. This feeling of being useless, this feeling of emptiness, the sadness, the color, the inactivity… I’m talking about other players who later stopped and who, too, experienced the situation very badly. And not the least, but I prefer to keep their names quiet. »
A later, Steve Mandanda whispers to get better: “ I honestly think I have digested it. I moved on, yes. I no longer feel negative feelings, I no longer have these weird thoughts running through me. […] Each step of the minute anticipator a reconversion would not have changed anything. If you have a chance to absorb the shock, even if it’s like something, you can’t wait to see what happens, plus the pitch, the dress, the match, the adrenaline, the stadium singing. The “days after” mean accepting for good that it’s over, agreeing to face this void that (Site notre bureau spécialisé) leaves when it stops without sinking into it. It is a memory of beautiful things. »

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