by Cristobal Galtier He went to the Nice criminal court this Friday to testify in the trial after being accused of harassment and racism. The former Nice and PSG coach, who now resides in Qatar to lead Al-Duhail At the beginning of the season, he gave statements for his comments mainly against Muslim players of which he described as “false and distorted” before the judge.
Before it was his turn, the French coach listened to the details of the case, including reading the now infamous email from Julian Fournierthe former Nice football director who initiated the matter, as well as selected extracts that ran for more than an hour.
In said email, Fournier claims that Galtier would have told him that the team “I couldn’t have so many blacks and Muslims.“and he saw it necessary”imitate the number of Muslim players as much as possible“. Fournier, against whom Galtier filed a defamation complaint, as well as against two journalists who disclosed this email, They did not attend the trial this Friday. Although his lawyer was in the room, he chose not to appear as a civil party.
“Most of the witnesses learned about the incident from the press and have little to say. “They have never informed me of any problem,” assured the president of the OGC Nice, Jean-Pierre Rivère, to the police officers. The tensions were sporting, almost personality. As far as I am concerned, It was a conflict between two men (Galtier and Fournier), which escalated over time,” concluded the club president.
