Speaking of Alexander-Song, he is a well-known midfielder in world football who has played for Arsenal and Barcelona and is worth 28.5 million euros. The 34-year-old Cameroonian star did not say goodbye to the field, in order to feed the more than 400 people behind him, he still played as a professional player!
On April 2, Djiboutian side AS Arta/Solar7 defeated the second team AS Port 4-2 to win the Djibouti Premier League title in the first two rounds and defend the league title.
Among them, Alexander Song is an important midfielder of the team, and as captain and core player, he successfully won the third league title in his career.
In March 2020, European football was hit by the epidemic, and Alexander Song, who had originally played for The Swiss team Sion, was terminated and once had no ball to play.
It wasn't until November that he finally announced his return to the game, traveling to Djibouti, a small African country in one of the world's least developed countries, to accept a lot of money to join AS Arta/Solar7, wearing the number 17 shirt.
The team is home to five African players who have competed in European football, so it is a great strength in the Djibouti Super League.
In addition to Alexander Son, there is former Espanyol Cameroon goalkeeper Cammeni, 32-year-old former West Ham United Senegalese striker Diafla Sacco, 36-year-old former Galatasaray Cameroon centre-back Nunku and 33-year-old former Lorient Burkina Faso attacker Alain Traoré.
For Alexander-Song, his life was really spent in a mountain of pressure, so he didn't have much choice for money.
When his father died in childhood, the family lacked a pillar, but there were many brothers and sisters waiting to be supported, showing his football talent, he began his european football journey under the expectations of everyone, and successfully played in the Premier League Arsenal. However, under the inadvertent splurge, his financial situation encountered difficulties, so he decided to accept a high-paying transfer to Barcelona.
"I know the Barça sporting director and he told me I couldn't guarantee playing time, but I didn't care, I just knew I was going to be a millionaire."
In his current career, Alexander Song has played for Bastia, Arsenal, Rubin Kazan, Barcelona, West Ham United, Sion and AS Arta/Solar7.
From a young genius in Cameroon, to shining on the top stage, to gradually moving away from the mainstream of world football, he has run in the rain of England and felt the sunshine of Barcelona, but all for more money.
Alexander-Song knew early on what a family responsibility was, and now 28 brothers and sisters, as well as relatives large and small, totaling more than 400 people, are almost all waiting for him.
Perhaps for many people, football is just an entertainment hobby in life. But for Alexander-Song, football is incredibly crucial. Playing soccer is an important way to maintain the livelihood of the entire extended family behind it.
During Alexander-Song's career, people like Van Persie, Fabregas and Harvey reached out to buy food for them and alleviate their immediate needs. Such stressful conditions are not uncommon among African footballers.
In addition to Song, there are also Eto'o, who left the mainstream vision to go to the Russian Premier League team AnZhi to get the world's first high salary, and Gervinho, who came to the Chinese Super League to join Hebei Huaxia Happiness, and so on.
At first, football was just a sport that people played in their spare time, but in the process of continuous development, many people were given the opportunity to change their destiny. If Alexander-Song hadn't had more than four hundred people standing behind him, perhaps his football journey and life would have been very different...