Pierre Ménès finds himself once again in the center of the controversy. When he told a personal anecdote about his son, the former CANAL+ consultant skidded. “I put it in Torcy, a very well-known club of Île-de-France … and after three training sessions, my son says: 'I am not going there. He was 11 years old and said to me, 'They don't say hello to me, they don't pass the ball to me, they crossed me when I have the ball and they don't take the shower with me, I break myself … In the team, there were only Maghreb and blacks “he said.
Ménès then extended his reflection to French football in general. “This is the reality of football in Île-de-France but French football too. If you will see an honor division match in the Paris region, you will generally see that there is a white on the field and he is goalkeeper or right back. Look at the French team. In the French team, today, there are eleven blacks ”added the former journalist. These words quickly sparked a wave of indignation on social networks.
The clash intensified on X, where Julien Froment, journalist at France Info, reacted strongly. “I do not know if the most annoying, it is not the people who applaud such comments”he wrote, recalling having “Played 20 years in football, in the suburbs, in the 77, and with French comrades of all origins”without encountering any problem.
Ménès attacks public media
Pierre Ménès was quick to answer in the same tone: “Yes but you are a superior being is well known”he launched in wheat. The journalist replied: “No, I am not targeting my comrades according to their skin color, origins. And yet, I shouldn't be a better footballer than your son, I played in a district, the lowest level. But if you don't see the problem, it's because you are part of the problem. »»
The tone continued to rise between the two former professionals. Pierre Ménès overbidden: “Permanent lesson lesson”. Julien Froment did not let pass:
“Coming from you, it is a compliment, since in terms of lesson, you gave a lot during your career”.
“At the same time you work on Radio France, how to be amazed, you have to be in the direction of the wind”concludes Ménès, while responding to several Internet users and trying to qualify his words.
