A former manager of the Riviera club has just made insulting remarks towards Gym defender Youcef Atal.
Youcef Atal pays dearly for his slip-up on social networks. For having shared an anti-Semitic publication, the Algerian international is being attacked from all sides at the moment. One journalist even reduced it to a simple “mountain man without the slightest education”.
Atal gets what he deserves
After being lectured by the mayor of Nice, Atal has just been humiliated by a former manager of the Riviera club. In the columns of Le Parisien, this person, who preferred to remain anonymous, indicated that the Algerian player “is part of this generation that is fundamentally anti-Semitic by education.” “And what’s more, it’s someone who hasn’t received any indication.” added the source in question.
The Ile-de-France daily sheds light on Atal’s complicated childhood, indicating that he “ran behind the goats” being small and not knowing much about the civilized world. Anecdotes about his problems adapting to Belgium are also highlighted and depict the Aiglons full-back as a man without any education. Was it necessary to push the envelope so far to condemn his error?
One of his relatives was more conciliatory, indicating that he is mainly influenced by his followers. “As he is widely followed, he receives lots of requests asking him in the name of Islam to support jihad, Palestine or condemn Israel’s policies. Because of this, he hates the Jews out of stupidity more than out of malice, just because he always reads the same speeches. While he is absolutely not a Salafist. For me, he acted out of ignorance rather than out of deep conviction.”
Currently, Atal is with his Algerian team. This Monday, he plays a friendly match in the United Arab Emirates against Egypt. On Sunday, he did not participate in the entire training.
