Ligue 1: Excessive, hurtful, insulting, intimidating… What is Pablo Longoria risking?

ANALYSIS – Author of more than inappropriate remarks on Sunday in Auxerre, the president of OM will appear before the disciplinary committee this Wednesday.
"This is real corruption!" Pablo Longoria didn't mince his words on Sunday, after Auxerre-OM (3-0) . The Marseille president was really pissed off and literally exploded, in the corridors of the Abbé-Deschamps (and therefore the DAZN cameras), but also in front of a handful of journalists : "Everything has been organized since Balerdi's yellow card (in Angers). It's planned, this story is biased ." Longoria also vilified a "shitty championship" , he who is vice-president of the LFP, and suggested that he "would leave immediately if the Super League proposed" , he who is a member of the Board of Directors of the ECA (club union).
Since then, the 39-year-old Spanish leader has revised his copy a little. He notably agreed that the term "corruption" was too much . The day after. "There is no corruption in French football," he admitted Monday in an interview with AFP . And added: "The form was not appropriate and this...
This article is reserved for subscribers. You have 81% left to discover.
Want to read more?
Unlock all items immediately.
Already subscribed? Log in
lefigaro