This is a case that embarrasses PSG.
Announced in the group the day before and yet absent from the match sheet in Montpellier on Saturday evening (0-4), Idrissa Gueye has been at the center of attention since the questions arising from his absence.
Yet very present in the Hérault, the Senegalese took his place, like the suspended players, in the stands of La Mosson.
“
He was in the group but he was in the stands for personal reasons
,” said coach Mauricio Pochettino after the match.
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Personal reasons that would fuel a "
sensitive subject
" internally.
According to information from Le
Parisien
,
the 32-year-old Senegalese international refused to play because of the presence of the rainbow flag, in support of the LGBTQ + communities, present on the back of the players' jerseys.
"
Religious convictions
", put forward by the Ile-de-France daily and corroborated by
RMC Sport
, which confirms that the player of Muslim faith would have boycotted the meeting because he "
did not want to play with a jersey with rainbow flocking
."
“
A sensitive subject
” for him was content to respond to his entourage contacted by Le Parisien.
All Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 clubs wore rainbow flocking on the back of the shirts this Saturday, May 14.
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Already absent last year
Since 2019, the Professional Football League has organized this initiative within the broader framework of World Day Against Homophobia (May 17).
Chance or coincidence, Gueye had already missed at the last minute the reception of Reims at this same time last year, on the same day placed under the sign of the fight against homophobia.
At the time, a "
gastro
" had been put forward by his entourage, who this time pleaded for a consequence of the organization of a gala organized for his association "For Hope" on the Thursday preceding the trip to Hérault.
