“Even though I’m not on the pitch and I can’t walk at the moment, I’m still a Metz footballer …” Almost two years after a serious road accident, which deprived him of the ‘use of his lower limbs, Manuel Cabit, 28, still wants to believe in a future on the football fields, which he has not visited since November 2, 2019 and a draw against Montpellier (2-2).
The Martinican, who has still not walked since November 2019, continues his long rehabilitation in Paris. “I’m doing very well, I’m improving day by day,” assures the defender in an interview with the Republican Lorrain. It is true that it is long, that it is not easy every day, but I fight and I do not let go. I have improvements, so I hope to walk again. And why not, it’s my side a little crazy, to resume football. I have this in the back of my head. I believe in it and I work for it. “
Cabit had been the victim of an accident on the A4 at Ormes, in the Marne. His teammate at the time, Kévin N’Doram, who was driving the vehicle, had emerged unscathed from the shock.
The number 28 Lorraine, whose vital prognosis was not engaged, had been transported to the University Hospital of Reims where he had remained a fortnight. Tried in the criminal court on December 15, 2020, Kévin N’Doram was sentenced to one year in prison, a 10,000 euros fine and a license suspension. Currently injured in the collarbone, the former international hope is out until mid-October.
