Florian Maurice’s rant was inevitable. The sports director of OGC Nice was already furious after the defeat of the Aiglons on the OL field (4-1), Sunday afternoon, while Mr. Dechepy did not want to award a penalty to the Azuréens for a flagrant foul by Duje Caleta Car on Evann Guessand reported by his video assistant. The former French international returned to the “refereeing errors” Monday evening during a video with the L’Equipe channel, without asserting that Les Gones (he worked for eleven years in the Rhone club) were advantaged by the referees.
“Flo” Maurice was also asked about the possibility of hiring Paul Pogba in the winter transfer window, while the 2018 world champion will be allowed to play again next March. “La Pioche” has little chance of relaunching in Ligue 1. And it will not be in Nice. “Many clubs will obviously look into this issue, I think there will be enormous competition on this issue, I am not sure that we will be able to bring such a player to the OGC Nice »launched the leader of the Riviera club in The evening team.
Pogba, impossible return to France?
OGC Nice is owned by Ineos, owned by British billionaire Jim Ratcliffe, but has been somewhat neglected for two years and the acquisition of the pharmaceutical giant Manchester United. The club, still chaired by Jean-Pierre Rivère (and now managed by Frank Haise), recruits with little money and absolutely no longer gives big salaries. Jonathan Clauss, Moïse Bombito, Mohamed Abdelmonem and Ali Abdi were recruited last summer for 15 million euros in total, Tanguy Ndombélé and Youssoufa Moukoko arrived for free.
More generally, Pogba has little chance of resuming football in France. Motivated by the idea of taking his revenge at the age of 31 – to find the Blues – the midfielder released by Juventus should not sign in MLS or Saudi Arabia. He is also speaking in Miami, far from the trial which judges his relatives (including his brother Mathias) for attempted extortion. The 2018 world champion aims to return to Europe, but probably not by playing in a Ligue 1 club, despite the interest of OM.
