Galtier affair: Samir Nasri’s big rant on Ramadan

This is a debate that’s been escalating lately, especially since the Galtier thing started. According to some observers, the month of Ramadan may hinder players of Muslim faiths on the field. In any case, it is not the opinion of Samir Nasri, who expressed himself on the set on Sunday, April 16. Football Club channel. “Why should the clubs know whether the players are doing Ramadan or not? In my time they asked me ‘Are you doing Ramadan or not?’ no question was asked.”lamented for the former Arsenal player in the intro. “It’s become a public debate today, so we want to know how many players are doing it.”, he continued. According to him, the practice of fasting related to the month of Ramadan “stay in private”. “This shouldn’t happen. Coach goes to Catholics and asks if they fast or not? Why didn’t this Ramadan question come up 20 years ago?”asked the former midfielder of the French team.

“You know the Ramadan period, you roughly know which footballers and who are Muslims. You watch the matches, if the player’s performance is low, you just remove him. Why do you ask him or if he is not there?” Celebrating Ramadan?‘ Samir Nasri asked. He also took the example of striker Karim Benzema, who, despite fasting, was in great sporting form. “Karim Benzema is the best in Ramadan. Everyone has their own feelings, the players are carried by their beliefs. Some eat fast food and triple it”, the consultant guessed. Last week, Christophe Galtier was accused of wanting to reduce the number of Muslim players on his team while he was in charge of Nice. Faced with these accusations, the coach decided to file a complaint against Julien Fournier, former sports director of OGC Nice, as well as journalists Daniel Riolo and Romain Molina. “I cannot accept my name and family being tarnished in this way”, the coach said at a press conference last Friday. CL