Galtier comments on Al-Khelaïfi’s pressure move

Christophe Galtier spoke at a press conference about the presence of Nasser Al-Khelaïfi in Paris Saint-Germain training on Friday.

Nasser Al-Khelaïfi attended Paris Saint-Germain training yesterday, on the eve of the match of the 30th day of Ligue 1 at Nice. The moment chosen by the president of Ile-de-France to speak to the players and to Christophe Galtier, while the club of the capital is going through a crisis of results and must still fight to win the eleventh title of champion of France in its history. As relayed on our site, the Qatari leader held in front of the group a “unifying and mobilizing discourse” and thus wanted to keep the team under pressure in this final stretch of the season.

“Important that the president is there”

The Marseillais, whose future is dotted but “legit” according to his words to continue the adventure, came back to the media on the presence of Nasser Al-Khelaïfi. The former Nice coach hailed his boss’s initiative. “Yes, the president came to see us. He spoke in the locker room. Of course, everything that is said in the locker room stays in the locker room. But I think it was important that the president was there and he was there. The fact that there is obviously the President present here, who spoke to everyone this morning, not just to the players, to everyone, because I obviously feel concerned by the President’s speech, shows that the ‘we cannot continue in this situation. I repeat it once again, apart from defeats, even if we know the impact of defeats, but on the investment and the behavior on the ground, it was a fairly clear, fairly precise speech, which was made for everything the world, me too, including.”

At the top of the standings with 66 points, Paris sees Lens return to just three lengths, the Sang et Or of Franck Haise having won Friday against Strasbourg (2-1).