FORMER Champions League star Laurent Leroy has swapped scoring for sausages… by working in a BUTCHER’S SHOP.
The Paris Saint-Germain ace struck against Bayern Munich, Rosenborg and Deportivo La Coruna in Europe’s elite competition.
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Capped for France’s Under-21s, he also played for Cannes and Bordeaux as well as winning a Swiss title with Servette.
Leroy spent five seasons with PSG, scoring 12 goals in 67 games, and faced Rangers in the 2001-02 UEFA Cup.
He struggled to find ways to bring home the bacon after retiring from football in 2012.
But the 48-year-old has since carved out a new career, helping his pal run a butchery chain in France.
Leroy revealed: “I now work with a mate of mine. He asked me to help him out.
“He is the owner of three butcher’s shops.
“I now work in a butcher’s, and the world of football is finished for me.”
Leroy also made mincemeat of Thierry Henry, his former France Under-21 teammate – branding the Arsenal legend “selfish.”
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The former PSG player was better known for creating goals than scoring them.
Leroy insisted: “I could have made the France senior side. I got into the Under-21s alongside Henry and David Trezeguet.
“But they were selfish players – true goalscorers. I could have been like that as well, but it was never my temperament.
“I regret nothing. But I was not selfish – I have never been that way.
“I helped my PSG teammate, Christian, to shine and to get into the Brazil national side. He talks about me whenever he does an interview.
“I added value to him. But I didn’t give a damn about being a star myself.”
