He knows the two men well, having worked with them. Éric Roy, the coach of Brest since the start of 2023, returned to the controversy and the suspicions of racism and Islamophobia which hover over Christophe Galtier, after the accusations of Julien Fournier, the former sports director of Nice, notified in an email addressed to the INEOS sports department.
“I know the two protagonists of the case. I played and shared moments outside of football with Christophe. We played together at Olympique de Marseille in 1996-1997, we know each other and sometimes we meet outside. I worked with the whistleblower (Fournier). I brought him to OGC Nice (Editor’s note: in 2011-2012 when he was director of football) and I know his methods, so I’m not surprised by what happened, ”a- he confided, this Friday at a press conference, 48 hours from the reception of… Nice.
“If Galtier was racist, we would know”
The Brest coach clearly defends his Parisian counterpart and at the same time charges Julien Fournier: “If Galtier was racist, we would have known about it in the middle for a long time. You don’t spend 30 years in locker rooms without having a label. Knowing the two characters, I will therefore put more doubt on the whistleblower than on Galtier. »
For Éric Roy, this affair does not surprise him and he takes the opportunity to say what he thinks about Fournier: “I am not surprised because I know that he has incorrect methods. I’m not completely surprised. After that, I don’t know the ins and outs. He is a character who is not very interesting to know. I am not surprised that Christophe, if he has been in conflict with him, finds himself in the middle of such a case. »