Last Updated: December 16, 2023, 08:12 IST
Christophe Galtier left PSG in June however returned to administration 4 months later. (AP Photo)
In April, when the allegations first appeared, Christophe Galtier issued a full denial and promised to have his say in court docket.
Former Nice coach Christophe Galtier stated Friday by way of his attorneys that the investigation into claims of harassment and discrimination made in opposition to him lacked “impartiality”, as prosecutors requested he be handed a one-yr suspended jail sentence.
The 57-yr-outdated is in court docket in Nice over feedback he allegedly made about Ramadan and Muslim gamers.
According to the coach’s attorneys, investigators ought to have arrange a witness confrontation with Nice director Julien Fournier and heard from membership captain Dante and its medical group.
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“We are talking about harassment at all levels, and we have not heard from the captain of the team, Dante, a player who made 300 matches with OGC Nice, because it is Julien Fournier who decides,” stated Sebastien Schapira on Friday.
“The investigators do not know football and Julien Fournier has fooled them,” added Galtier’s lawyer.
The affair blew up in April following a leaked e mail reportedly from Fournier despatched to Dave Brailsford, the previous head of British Cycling and now director of sport at chemical compounds big Ineos, the homeowners of Nice.
The e mail accused Galtier of constructing discriminatory remarks in direction of a bit of the Nice squad.
Nice public prosecutor Damien Martinelli requested that Galtier be given a one-yr suspended jail sentence and fined 45,000 euros ($49,000).
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In one part of the e-mail, Fournier mentions a dialog between himself and the coach, after Galtier had been surrounded by Nice followers in a restaurant the evening earlier than and allegedly said that there have been “too many Muslims and blacks” on the membership.
In one other a part of the e-mail, the director tells of an incident throughout Ramadan in 2022, which accuses Galtier of additionally claiming repeatedly there have been too many Muslims on the membership and of asking to have them transferred.
Prosecutor Martinelli stated Galtier “clearly sought to reduce the number of black people and Muslims in the team”.
“For a professional club, Ramadan is a given. For Christophe Galtier, it’s a problem,” Martinelli advised the court docket.
In an extra passage of the e-mail, Galtier is accused of getting described an opposition defender as “King Kong”.
The former Paris Saint-Germain coach admitted this however claimed that for him the time period simply means “power and strength”.
In April, when the allegations first appeared, Galtier issued a full denial and promised to have his say in court docket.
“I was brought up on a state housing estate and in a multicultural environment with shared values and respect for other people, whatever their origins, colour or religion,” Galtier stated.
“I cannot accept having my name tarnished in this way. I have therefore decided to take legal action against anyone who tries to damage my reputation.”
Galtier left PSG in June however returned to administration 4 months later after being appointed by Qatari aspect Al Duhail.
(This story has not been edited by News18 workers and is revealed from a syndicated information company feed – AFP)
