​Football news of the day comes from France: AFP reports that technician Christophe Galtier was detained by police on Friday along with his son.

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Christophe Galtier and his son, detained by the police

We are talking about such an accusation: suspicions of “discrimination based on racial or religious affiliation.”

Christophe Galtier and his son (John Valovych-Galtier) were arrested on Friday morning by the judicial police of Nice. It is about an investigation in which both are accused of discrimination (everything happened during the time when Galtier was the coach of OGK Nice).

Prosecutor Xavier Bonhomme confirmed the information to AFP.

A preliminary investigation was opened sometime in mid-April (2023) on suspicion of “discrimination based on race or religion.”

The story of the story in which Galtier is accused of racism

The story was revealed by journalist Daniel Riolo in an intervention on RMC Sport.

In short, Gaultier told Julien Fournier, Nice’s former sporting director, in a private conversation that his team had too many black and Muslim players and that this was not what the people (not Nice’s fans) wanted. with what he wants.

“He had no sporting argument, only religion or skin colour,” Julien Fournier added in an email he sent to David Brailsford, Ligue 1 group president and director of Ineos.

During his career, Christophe Galtier (56) coached Saint-Etienne (2009-2017), Lille (2017-2021), Nice (2021-2022) and PSG (2022-present).