Pierre Ménès: Racism Row & France Football Team

He is talking about him again. Pierre Ménès detailed, during an interview with YouTube, which he calls being the “reality of French football”, then pointing to a majority of “blacks” and “Maghrebians” in this sport and a minority of “whites”.

The former Canal + chronner was the guest of the program “Bistro Libertés”, produced by TVlibertés. This YouTube channel is defined as “the first alternative audiovisual channel in France” which gives “the word, without exclusive, to all those who defend the French spirit and European civilization”. It is followed by nearly a million people.

“In the team, there were only Maghrebians and blacks”

On the set, Pierre Ménès returns to the “anti-white racism” in football, which he had denounced on the set of Cnews in 2019. He evokes a experienced experience by his son. While he was only 11 years old, the latter would have stopped going to his football training in the Torcy club (Seine-et-Marne) after only three sessions.

“They don’t say hello to me, they don’t pass me the ball, they crossed me when I have the ball and they don’t take the shower with me,” he said at the time with his father. “And obviously, and I am sorry to say it because it is the truth, in the team, there were only Maghrebians and blacks,” continues Pierre Ménès, making a cause and effect link here which earned him the applause of the public present around the set.

The ex-chronner then continues his demonstration. “This is the reality of football in Île-de-France, and French football too. If you will see a division of honor in the Paris region, you will see that there is generally a white on the field. He is goalkeeper or right back, ”he says. Before concluding: “And look at the French team, today there are eleven blacks”.

The sequence, broadcast by tvlibertés on its X account (ex-owner) in the middle of the day on Thursday, was viewed several million times on the social network and caused strong criticism of Pierre Ménès.

Aiko Tanaka

Aiko Tanaka is a combat sports journalist and general sports reporter at Archysport. A former competitive judoka who represented Japan at the Asian Games, Aiko brings firsthand athletic experience to her coverage of judo, martial arts, and Olympic sports. Beyond combat sports, Aiko covers breaking sports news, major international events, and the stories that cut across disciplines — from doping scandals to governance issues to the business side of global sport. She is passionate about elevating the profile of underrepresented sports and athletes.

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