"It was the worst experience of my career" : Johan Gastien accused of racism recalls this painful incident

A very loud accusation. On October 23, after the Ligue 1 Clermont-Brest match, Islam Slimani “dirty arab”before changing the version to “dirty bastard”, by Johan Gastien. Since then, the Clermont Foot midfielder has been cleared by the LFP disciplinary board, which closed this case for lack of conclusive evidence. However, as he told our colleagues, he was very impressed by this event. SoFoot. “I will not hide from you that it was the worst experience of my career”he said at the entrance. “There was a very important reflection in the media, a lot of threats to my family and relatives, my teammates… It was very difficult. We are lucky to have a psychiatrist at the club, I had a lot of experience there. I knew everything.” So what was said, and when the commission cleared me three or four weeks later, I was relieved.”he remembered.

“At that time, I felt like we were in police custody. I didn’t want to go back to the stadium or play football again. I was afraid of how others would look on the pitch. At the next Nantes game, I had great anxiety. It’s a life experience I wouldn’t wish for anyone to have.”, continued Johan Gastien. He claims he never had contact with his accuser, Islam Slimani. “I was told that he moved to another club recently, that’s great, we won’t have to see each other on the field anymore. I don’t want to talk to this person. Racism is a very serious issue and victimization doesn’t help either.”Clermont provided the environment. “Today it still hurts. There is a lot of talk on the field and I am not the best, they know it very well in Brest where I played but I have never exceeded such limit values. I thought of filing a complaint for slander, but something that could take a long time to put a coin in the machine. I didn’t want to go through the procedure. I’m behind now.”, the actor finished his words. Islam Slimani now plays for Anderlecht in Belgium. CL