He wore the Stade Français jersey in a match for the last time on March 6, 2022 in a victory (23-16) in the Top 14 over Stade Toulouse. Since then, Paul Alo-Emile has completely disappeared from the game sheets and has even deleted all traces of his life on his Instagram account. We had just seen the pillar, former captain of the Parisians, in the official photo of the 2022-2023 season released in September by the club. Because the 30-year-old Samoan international suffers, as the owner of the Stade Français Hans-Peter Wild admitted ten days ago in an interview with Midi Olympique, from depression.
Inevitably, when his little brother Moses, another pillar of the Parisian workforce, arrived in the press conference room of the Jean-Bouin stadium this Thursday afternoon, the state of health of his eldest quickly came into the conversation. . “He is getting better and better, and even much better than several months ago, explained the man who has just extended his lease in the capital. I do my best to help him. For now, he is taking time out of rugby with his family. »
“The club supports it, accompanies it”
Paul Alo-Emile is currently in Australia, the country where he grew up and lived until 2015 and his departure from the Stade Français, to breathe with his family. For now, the reasons for his depression have not been officially communicated by the club. “We can recruit a joker. But above all we need to help Paul on a daily basis, explained Hans-Peter Wild in his interview with the bi-weekly. It’s a medical case. The hospital is not allowed to tell us many things about Paul Alo-Emile and we respect that. »
“We obviously have news, but we let him recover, and get back into shape, explains the rear coach, Julien Arias. The club supports him, accompanies him, and he begins to get better. “Stade Français, which has relied on the performance of Georgian Giorgi Melikidze as a right pillar since the start of the season, has been looking for a medical joker in this sector of the game. when her former captain returns. If he ever comes back. “Before considering such an extreme outcome, we will do everything to make it better,” promised the businessman at the head of the club.