A scandal splashes the PSG, it swings internally

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A scandal splashes the PSG, it swings internally

Published on April 19, 2023 at 11:30 a.m. – updated on April 19, 2023 at 11:32 a.m.

While Christophe Galtier is accused of having made racist remarks last year, during his visit to the Côte d’Azur, the silence of the employees of OGC Nice raises questions. Internally, the club would precisely do what is necessary to encourage people not to speak, reminding them that they incur heavy penalties.

For a week now, Christophe Galtier has been at the heart of a case that could have serious consequences for his future, he who was already threatened in the PSG after his team’s failed second half of the season. In question, the accusations of racism of which he is the object, made by Julien Fournier in an email sent at the end of last season to the management of’Ineos and disclosed a few days ago. Since then, a preliminary investigation has been opened on the grounds of discrimination based on alleged race or affiliation to a religion, and searches have taken place within the premises of theOGC Nice. Several supporters took the floor to defend the coach of the PSGbut the silence of the principals concerned raises questions.

OGC Nice threatens internally

Indeed, no employee of theOGC Nice has not spoken since the beginning of the case Galtierexcept Didier Digard at a press conference. A silence that is not surprising since The team reveals the club have banned anyone internally from speaking out, risking heavy penalties. This is how an employee, ready to express himself in the columns of the sports daily, would have been called to order by management. ” Today, it is obvious, there is a fear of speaking. We know what we risk… “, recognizes a young employee, present last year. What the club denies.

“At the club, they put a lot of pressure on them”

« It is a heavy climate. At the club, they put a lot of pressure on them. These are just things left unsaid. That’s why it’s heavy… », confirms to The team someone close to a Nice executive. Some players were however ready to express themselves on what they had experienced last season, a collective communication which has not taken place, however, until now. Others, who left theOGC Nice Since then, would also consider speaking, although some would have been dissuaded by their professional entourage, to avoid making waves. We can possibly think of Amine Gouiri, who left for Rennais Stadium last summer, and whose name had been mentioned by Daniel Riolo at the time of revealing the email written by Julien Fournier. « Players will have to speak because Gouiri has wanted to speak for a long time but he only does so off and for the moment he is not saying anything, but he will have to say that he left because of the ‘coach “, assured the journalist on RMC.