According to his lawyer, the sports coach “learned with amazement of the insulting and defamatory remarks” which are lent to him in an email revealed by the media.
Christophe Galtier, “contest with the greatest firmness” having made discriminatory remarks towards players when he officiated in Nice. While a controversy has emerged in recent hours, the coach of Paris Saint-Germain reacted through his lawyer, in a press release, Wednesday April 12. Olivier Martin also announced “legal proceedings” coming.
The French coach, who moved from Nice to PSG in the summer of 2022, “learned with amazement of the insulting and defamatory remarks” which are lent to him. Several journalists, including Romain Molina, relayed an internal letter on the subject which they attribute to Julien Fournier, then sports director of Nice.
The show team RMC “L’After foot” claims to have authenticated this email to which franceinfo did not have access. According to what is reported by journalists, Christophe Galtier notably declared to Julien Fournier that he “couldn’t have so many blacks and muslims in the team”.
Upon learning of the revelation of this email, Julien Fournier declared Wednesday to Nice morning not be the cause of “the spread of this year-old inside information”. “I have never fired on an ambulance, despite all our differences with Christophe Galtier and above all I have too much respect for OGC Nice”he reacted, saying to himself “currently in Brazil, far from this controversy”. “The timing of these revelations revolts me as much as their content”he adds.
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