I am not surprised - Galtier responds to ex-Nice director of football

Julien Fournier on Wednesday in an interview with RMC claimed that Galtier’s departure from

was for more than just football reasons. Galtier after winning the Ligue 1 with

decided to join Nice in the summer of 2021 but he left the club after one year and joined

"It's common knowledge that the relationship I had with Christophe was quite chaotic from the start of the season,"

said Fournier, who himself left for Parma in July

"Quite honestly, if I explain the real reasons we argued, Christophe would no longer be allowed in a locker room, neither in France nor in Europe.

"But it was not about football matters. These are much more serious things from my point of view. It was indirectly linked to football. These are things that affect me deeply.

"We finished the season and we, him and I, were as professional as possible to limit the negative impact that it could have had on the team. Then there was the separation."

Ahead of the game against Nice on Saturday, Galtier was asked about Fournier’s comments at a pre-match press conference.

"He is pretentious,"

Galtier told reporters.

"I am not surprised at the way he expressed himself. I don't want to get tired of debating on everything that was said.

"If we do that, the way it works means we create one debate after another. I'm not surprised about what I heard knowing the character. That's all I've got to say.”

PSG is at the top of the Ligue 1 table with 22 points after eight matches. Nice has won only two matches so far this season and is in 13th place.

Galtier said:

"We have to get back to normal as quickly as possible.

"We've worked for the past 10 days with five players. This is the first game in a long series. There are 13 games to go before the World Cup and we are preparing carefully."

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