LE SCAN SPORT – The Minister of Sports, Roxana Maracineanu, regretted the refusal of Idrissa Gueye, midfielder of PSG, to wear a jersey with rainbow flocking, a symbol of the fight against homophobia.
Joined by RMC Sport , Roxana Maracineanu reacted to the controversy that has swelled since Sunday and which concerns Idrissa Gueye, midfielder of Paris Saint-Germain. The midfielder remained in the stands on Saturday in Montpellier (0-4) “for personal reasons“, justified his trainer Mauricio Pochettino. But to believe The Parisian et RMC Sportthe 32-year-old Senegalese player avoided this meeting so as not to wear a jersey with rainbow flocking, as all Ligue 1 players did as part of the world anti-corruption day. homophobia.
«It’s an image that will obscure the beautiful image, precisely, that football wants to give“, lamented the Minister of Sports, Roxana Maracineanu, at the microphone of RMC Sport this Monday afternoon. A picture “what is the League trying to give by engaging in this communication campaign which goes further and further, which also promotes the associations that we co-finance, the Ministry of Sports, the FederationMaracineanu continued.
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The former swimmer, however, refuses to “replace the employerby calling for sanctions. Where Valérie Pécresse, president of the Île-de-France region, estimated that this boycott “could not remain unsanctioned». «There is a vagueness in the contracts with the players on all these themes“, weighted Maracineanu. Idrissa Gueye, he has not spoken (yet?) on the subject. Announced on the departure of PSG this summer, he should however be at the disposal of Pochettino for the last match of the season, at home against Metz this Saturday (9 p.m.).
