The accusations of former OGC Nice football director Julien Fournier against Christophe Galtier, the former Nice coach now at the helm of PSG, are starting to make waves. In an email sent to his management at the end of last season, which independent journalist Romain Molina and RMC claim to have consulted and authenticated, Fournier accuses Galtier of having made racist and discriminatory remarks.
In a tweet published this Wednesday, the Collectif Ultras Paris (CUP), one of the most active groups of PSG supporters, lights a first fuse. He asks for the departure of the Parisian coach if the facts are proven and if the accusations of the former Nice leader are confirmed. “The Collectif Ultras Paris is closely following the Galtier affair, writes the PUC. If the facts with which he is accused are proven, it is not acceptable for this person to remain in the club’s organization chart. We recall that we have always positioned ourselves against all forms of discrimination and this fight is a historic cause of our Virage. »
In an email sent to the management of Ineos, owner of OGC Nice, Julien Fournier would have reported in particular these comments that Galtier would have made to him during an interview in August 2021, at the start of his season spent on the Nice bench: “He replied that I had to take into account the reality of the city, and that indeed we could not have so many blacks and Muslims in the team. “Before adding:” Last night, I went to the restaurant and everyone fell on me saying that we have a team of blacks. Julien, you must realize that in which city we are, we are in the city of Jacques Médecin (the former mayor of Nice), and our team does not correspond to what people want, like it does not correspond to me. There was no sporting argument but only religious or skin color arguments. »