At the time when he exercised his footballing talents, Christophe Dugarry was not the least spared from criticism. Selected by Aimé Jacquet to play in the 1998 World Cup with the French team, he himself admitted to suffering from negative comments towards him. Now on the other side of the barrier, he does not hesitate to criticize in his turn. What some criticize him for.
Guest of the Lockin podcast, Tony Yoka did not hesitate to point his finger in the direction of the former player who played for OM and AC Milan. With first a good point awarded to another consultant.
“Samir Nasri, I like it. When he comments, whether it’s good or not, there is a certain way of speaking. ‘Dugachy’, no. Looks like the guy was R9 (Ronaldo). »
And the tricolor boxer continues his reproaches towards Christophe Dugarry. “We remember you. (…) We called him ‘Dugachy’. Our generation called it that. You can’t sit on TV today and shoot guys like that. Especially since he had big problems with journalists at the time. »
Tony Yoka denounces “gratuitous nastiness”
Tony Yoka continued by remembering precisely the complicated moments experienced by Christophe Dugarry when the French press constantly targeted him. “He didn’t like them because they spoke badly of him. And you do the same thing! » However, Estelle Mossely’s former companion suggested that he was not fooled by the way certain media operate, nonetheless sending a new arrow.
“I tell myself he’s doing this because if he doesn’t do it, he won’t work. For me, you are selling your soul. You’re just doing this to create a buzz. Or (Jerome) Rothen is the same. It wasn’t (Zinédine) Zidane. You’ve had a great, quiet career. Why are you mean? For me, it’s gratuitous nastiness that I don’t understand. »