While his intervention on RMC set Olympique Lyonnais on fire, Jérôme Rothen would have only relayed second-hand information.
But who speaks to the press on the Olympique Lyonnais side? This is the big question of the week, and the fire was started on Monday by Jérôme Rothen. “ I tried to get people from the locker room, and I got themexplained the RMC consultant on the air. I’m not going to say the names of course because that could put them in difficulty, but Fabio Grosso is already in the hot seat. There is hardly a player left who can see it. There are experienced and very experienced players who even told me that he was perhaps one of the worst coaches they had. He alienated everyone. »
Rothen’s comments, which also mentioned questionable choices by the Italian technician (Tagliafico and Lepenant ruled out, too intense physical preparation, etc.), made the main person concerned jump. In response, the 2006 world champion went hunting to flush out the “mole”. As told The TeamGrosso locked himself in the locker room with his players on Tuesday, early in the afternoon, in order to ask “ that the one who went to tell this denounces himself, that it could happen to slip up, but that he was playing against the team and against the club in a period that was already quite complicated. »
Rothen counterattacked by driving the point home on Tuesday evening about Grosso (“ Because when you start looking for moles rather than finding a solution at the sporting level and having a little more clarity…”). But this Wednesday, it is Mohamed Toubache-Ter who, without naming Rothen, sheds light which puts the former Parisian’s words into perspective. “The radio consultant did not have any Olympique Lyonnais players!! It was the entourage of ONLY one Lyon player who spoke… the entourage!!! », wrote the insider. The version of those around him is not necessarily that of the player in question, and the opinion of a player does not necessarily represent that of all of his teammates. Even if, whatever happens, it is undeniable that the situation is particularly tense at OL and that Grosso’s debut is very difficult.
