Christophe Galtier’s adventure at Paris Saint-Germain only lasted twelve months. Arriving in July 2022 from OGC Nice for the start of a new project with PSG, the French technician will have succeeded in lifting the Champions Trophy upon his arrival, but the rest will have been more complicated. Despite winning the French Champion title, the 57-year-old manager will have disappointed after the 2022 World Cup with an elimination against OM in the Coupe de France, then against Bayern Munich in the round of 16 of the Champions League.
Christophe Galtier returns to the controversies
At the microphone of Canal +, Christophe Galtier looked back on his season with Paris SG. “I only remember the good from my period at PSG. I worked with a group that was the opposite of what the media made of them. I am proud to have participated in obtaining the 11th title. There are always slumps afterwards, but when you go through PSG, you are no longer the same. Management is done individually, but you have to succeed in building a collectivehe first explained, before returning to the Messi-Neymar-Mbappé association. When you become a coach with these three players, you have to find the balance to make him play, these have been questions all year“.
However, in addition to the poor sporting results, there were numerous controversies for Christophe Galtier, starting with the “joke” about sand yachts at a press conference, after a question on the ecology and the club’s means of travel. A fact to which the ex-France manager wanted to return. “I come to PSG to win matches, but not for everything that happened behind. Sand yachting was humor that should not be done in public, I pay attention to the planet, but in so many speeches, we only remembered that. At PSG, everything is amplified. A word is a novel, a gesture is a film.”.
Christophe Galtier explains the racism affair
Placed in police custody as part of a preliminary investigation opened in mid-April for suspicion of “discrimination based on an alleged race or affiliation with a religion” after a letter sent by Julien Fournier, his former sports director , Galtier also delivered his version of the facts. “It’s wrong. The players know me, they know who I am. But obviously, we only remember this sentence. I know why I am accused, I will explain myself in December (during his trial on the 15th, editor’s note). I am not accused of racism. During the Ramadan period, I have only one obsession, the performance of my teams. My players did Ramadan as they wanted. They all played. People can criticize me for my game, but not for the fact that I am racist. I’m the opposite of that.”.
Finally, the 57-year-old manager was asked about his future. And he plans to quickly find a sidelines. “Some clubs contacted me, that reassures me, because my place is on the sidelines, I could have resumed quickly, but I needed to settle down. I want to go back, I’m young, I want to continue to enjoy being a coach.”, concluded Galtier. Several clubs will necessarily be sensitive to this call of the foot.
