Former France star who played with Arsenal legend Thierry Henry now a BUTCHER after retiring

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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.

Laurent Leroy has swapped football for working in a butcher’s shop[/caption]

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.”

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 team-mate, 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.”