OGC Nice told AFP on Tuesday evening that an "internal procedure" had been put in place, following information published on the L'Equipe website stating that a member of its staff had behaved inappropriately with a hotel receptionist in Ajaccio.
"OGC Nice collects all the facts and sets up its internal procedure," the club told AFP on Tuesday.
According to information from the sports daily, a staff member of the Riviera club was accused of behaving inappropriately with a receptionist at the hotel where the team was spending the night from Saturday to Sunday, before the Ligue 1 match. against AC Ajaccio, won by OGC Nice with a score of 1-0.
The incident would have taken place in the night and the receptionist of the establishment "would intend to file a complaint".
Various sources familiar with the matter assure that the staff member should not be traveling to Belgrade on Wednesday with the Nice delegation in the European Cup, where the current twelfth in Ligue 1 will challenge Partizan Belgrade on Thursday evening at 9 p.m. hours during the 2nd day of Group D of the Europa League Conference.
According to L'Equipe, the staff member implicated in this case is Lucien Favre's assistant, Arjan Peço, who arrived at the club last June with the Swiss coach.