“Riolo talks a lot”, the confidences of a colleague

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By: Manu Tournoux

Debating on air with Daniel Riolo is never easy. One of his colleagues, a former consultant for “L’After Foot”, testifies to this.

In the twenty years that “L’After Foot” has existed on RMC, Daniel Riolo has not only made friends in the world of football. A particularly divisive character, his opinions rarely leave listeners indifferent.

If he sometimes gets into arguments with some of them on air, the journalist can also have heated debates with some of his colleagues. This happened several times with Jérôme Rothen, who was a sports consultant for this show when it started on RMC.

“We caught each other well, we caught each other well. Now, I have my show, so obviously I no longer do ‘L’After’. It was a lack at one point because debriefing matches in the heat of the moment is really what I like.”entrusted the former left attacking midfielder to The Team, when he was asked to make a choice between Walid Acherchour and the companion of Géraldine Maillet.

Riolo, the sometimes annoying colleague

Jérôme Rothen admits that working with Riolo can sometimes be complicated. “Daniel takes up a lot of space and he talks a lot, he emphasizes. He often cuts you off, and all that… Damn, he’s annoying anyway. »

In June 2019, the two men were temporarily removed from the RMC channel. At the time, they made inappropriate comments regarding the physique of the woman who had accused Neymar of rape.