Ligue 1: Ramadan, management … What Julien Fournier would reproach Christophe Galtier

“Quite honestly, if I explain the real reasons why we argued, because that’s really the word, Christophe will no longer enter a locker room, neither in France nor in Europe” Wednesday, in remarks granted to RMC, Julien Fournier obviously wanted to put a layer on his already tense relationship with Christophe Galtier. Between the two, the cohabitation was not a cakewalk in Nice last season.

“I’m not surprised at the way he expressed himself. I don’t want to get tired and exhausted answering or debating everything that is said. On the form, I’m not surprised knowing the character“, replied the PSG coach on Thursday at a press conference. But how did the two men get there? The team makes some revelations in its edition of the day.

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According to the daily, the former Nice coach, not really happy with the transfer window, had no hesitation in sharing it with certain employees at the dawn of the 2021-2022 season. But, later, Galtier would also have questioned the “sociology” of its workforce: many young people and profiles that do not stick to the identity of the city of Nice. An opinion shared, according to him, by the supporters. Fournier enrages and the rupture is already becoming inevitable. The entourage of the Parisian technician s is however defended from this accusation, specifying that he has “coached players from all cultures, all religions, without any distinction“.

A management of Ramadan that questions Fournier

The marriage between the two is consummated at the time of Ramadan, indicates The team. According to the daily, Galtier believes that a player cannot fully express his potential on the day of a match if he does not eat or drink. In his team, Brahimi, Boulhendi, Atal, Todibo, Lemina, Rosario, Boudaoui or Gouiri then begin this month of fasting. The technician adapts “lighter sessions“but would try to convince them”not to fast to maintain optimal physical condition“, can we read in The teamwhich adds that it is “imposed“to the concerned players of”come to the refectory with the other players“, and even if they don’t eat. Not a problem for those concerned, who understand in the name of the spirit of the group.

Behind the scenes, Fournier, he does not digest the methods of his trainer and makes it known to his superiors. A final meeting, held in early April, formalizes the divorce with Galtier, who blames his sporting director for a disappointing winter transfer window. The final episode of a story destined to end.

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