These are statements that will not help the case of Andy Delort… While he made his return to selection with Algeria this month after asking forgiveness from coach Djamel Belmadi and the Algerian people, the striker of Nice finds itself seriously contradicted by its former sports director Julien Fournier.
In an interview given to RMC on Wednesday, the leader assured that Fennec had decided to withdraw from the selection on his own when he arrived at the Gym in the summer of 2021, without being subjected to any pressure from the Riviera club.
“During the first interview with him, he told me, laughing but seriously: ‘On the other hand, don’t worry, I won’t be doing the CAN’. He was already in the offices to sign so there was no blackmail. We didn’t have an incredible number of players leaving for CAN. This was not a parameter that came into play to sign Andy, ”swore Fournier.
“Do you think that a sporting director or a coach can, when you know Andy Delort a little, force him not to go to CAN once he has signed? It’s impossible, ”assured the 48-year-old man. “ I thought I understood by reading a statement from Andy that he should have explained himself better to Djamel Belmadi because he had personal reasons. The reality is that when I saw Andy in the office, before doing the medical visit, he told me ‘I will not do the CAN’. I’m not going to tell you that it pissed me off. I was happy that he didn’t, selfishly of course, but we didn’t have fifty players going to the CAN. “Words that risk tarnishing Delort’s image a little more with Algerian supporters…
