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Serge Aurier now plays for Nottingham Forest and scored against Chelsea on New Year’s DayNottingham Forest defender Serge Aurier says he played for Tottenham three days after his brother in 2020 was murdered to help his grieving mother.
Less than 72 hours later, Aurier played in a 3-1 win at Newcastle.
“I played for my mum. She needed to know life doesn’t stop,” he said.
“We lost my brother, who we loved so much. But I wanted to play this game because this is my work, first of all. Afterwards, we have our life as a family.”
Aurier joined Villarreal after leaving Spurs in 2021 and returned to the Premier League with Forest last September.
The ex-Paris St-Germain defender, who returns to the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium for the first time with Forest on Saturday, said it was his decision to play and give his mother hope.
“This was a bad moment for me but I am strong,” he added. “I just wanted to show my mum, ‘Yeah, we lost my brother but you have another kid in this lif
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