Christopher Galtier was accused of uttering a racist comment during his time on the Nice bench. The current coach of PSG is at the center of controversy after the information published by the journalist Romain Molina and the RMC Sport program ‘After-Foot’, which discovered an email from the former Nice Football Director Julien Fournier, if where can be seen French coach’s discriminatory words.
as said email sent at the end of last seasonFournier informed INEOS, owner of Nice, of Galtier’s words in August 2021when he had only been in charge for two months, complaining about having too many “blacks and Muslims in the team”.
“Christopher Galtier Then he entered my office and greeted his son, who told him “you can check with my father what I told you” (Galtier’s son is an agent and also talked to Fournier to give him of warning about the father’s words): Once After his agent left /son, I told Galtier about my conversation and asked if it was true. He answered yes and he had to consider the reality of the city, and that was it we can’t have too many blacks and muslims in the team“, Fournier commented in the email.
The email also details what happened when Galtier went to a restaurant. “Everyone jumped on him, making sure the team was full of blacks.” The coach asked Fournier that he “has to realize that the team does not match the city or what the people are asking for,” referring to religious issues in the preparation of the template.
Although there are still. Nice’s former director of football also explained a meeting with Galtier’s adopted son, John Valovic Galtier: “I asked him what was going on and he explained to me that this group is not like him, that we cannot continue like this. I asked him to support me in what he was saying to understand it better and he said to me: you form a group of garbage. (…) I asked him to be more precise and he added: There are only blacks and half of your team is in the mosque every Friday afternoon… I told Mr. John Valovic-Galtier that I was outraged by his comments and asked him to leave my office immediately.”
PSG is investigating the facts
The news surprised even PSG, who according to RMC Sport are investigating the situation internally to clarify if Galtier’s racist words during his time at Nice were true. President Nasser Al-Khelaïfi does not know the facts and if they are confirmed he may choose to fire the Marseillaise coach immediately.
Source: La Verdad
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