Recognizable by his blue braids, Bakary Sagna was once one of the best right-backs in the world, but he could not have imagined the extent of the damage his trademark would cause and how it would somehow endanger his life.
Today, 41-year-old Sagna lives in Dubai. He decided to spend his retirement days in the global metropolis and occasionally appears at certain promotional events. However, the news that the Frenchman himself revealed on social media is the real drama he experienced a few months ago. The braids that were his trademark could have cost him dearly if he hadn’t noticed the mistake in time, which led him to end up on the operating table and have a hair transplant.
“I’ve been wearing braids for years and obviously damaged my scalp. I didn’t know what to expect, but I was glad to see the result the next day. No pain, no bleeding,” Sagna wrote on social media.
The Frenchman bid farewell to football in 2019, after which he decided to engage in certain business ventures, one of which was selling hiking backpacks.