Imprisoned in
Algeria since last June for “apology of terrorism”, Christophe Gleizes saw his seven-year sentence confirmed by the Algerian court of appeal in Tizi Ouzou last week. The sports journalist received the support of part of French football.
Starting with the Professional Football League (LFP), which called “the entire football ecosystem (clubs, supporters, partners) to relay this call”. What some Ligue 1 clubs heard, demanding the release of the collaborator of So Foot. On the other hand, the stars seem less talkative on this thorny subject.
The silence of
Zinedine Zidanein particular, can seem deafening. “He would have had a duty to express himself,” judged Robert Ménard, various right-wing mayor of Béziers, on the occasion of the Big Interview Europe 1-CNews.
Zidane, no words for Christophe Gleizes
“No one is going to attack him, imagine the 72-year-old politician, at the microphone of Sonia Mabrouk. And certainly not the Algerian government. It’s an icon. This is when a number of things need to be said. »
Since France’s victory in the 1998 World Cup, Zinédine Zidane has very rarely ventured into the political arena. He had barely called, in 2002 as in 2017, to
“avoid as much as possible” the National Front during the second round of the presidential election.
