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Song of Youssoupha for the Blues: not informed, Noël Le Graët regrets this choice

2021-05-28T07:30:59.075Z


The president of the French Federation, in an interview with the Parisian, returns to the controversy related to the song of the rapper who


“Write my name in Blue, call out my name in Blue.

Shortly after the revelation of his new title to accompany the announcement of the list of 26 players selected for the Euro, rapper Youssoupha found himself at the heart of a controversy launched by Jordan Bardella last Thursday.

The number two of the National Rally felt that choosing this artist, who had attacked in some of his songs to Eric Zemmour and Marine Le Pen, was like "giving in to a scum part of France.

"

The controversy then swelled, not about the song but about the choice of the author, forcing the Minister for Sports, Roxana Maracineanu, to calm things down. "Youssoupha is a militant singer who denounces racism and who is for the diversity. This is good because sport shares these values, and more specifically the French Football Federation, explains the minister. The song of Youssoupha puts the jersey of the France team and the flag of France as a link between all these players who will participate in the Euro. From my perspective, it's a good choice. Mr. Bardella recovers this choice of the FFF to once again spread ideas of separatism, hatred and violence in our society. »This Wednesday, on Europe 1,Roselyne Bachelot followed the same line by asserting that this hymn did not bother her "absolutely".

"I think we shouldn't have done it"

In an interview with Le Parisien to be published this Thursday, Noël Le Graët confides that he was not at all aware and that he regrets the use of a piece of music to accompany the disclosure of the list.

"It was our

young

employees in the sales department who had this idea to accompany the unveiling of the list of 26 Blues," explains the president of the FFF.

Personally, I discovered it.

Some like rap, others less.

Youssoupha is a good rapper who, like others, may have had inappropriate lyrics.

I believe we shouldn't have done that and let the list go out as usual, without disclosure.

"

Write my name in Blue,


Call out my name in Blue!

🇫🇷 # FiersdetreBleus pic.twitter.com/KErYY40a6j

- French team ⭐⭐ (@equipedefrance) May 19, 2021

The former PS mayor of Guingamp, however, refuses to enter the trap of controversy: "This piece did not deserve as many comments, it's politics".

He specifies however that the song of Youssoupha "is not the anthem of the Blues" recalling that it "does not appear on the site of the Federation and we do not intend to ask people to use these words. .

"

Source: leparis

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