Justice has opened an investigation targeting John Valovic-Galtier, the son of PSG coach Christophe Galtier, for "
illegal exercise
" of the activity of sports agent, the Nice prosecutor's office told AFP on Sunday, confirming information from the team.
In this investigation entrusted to the judicial police, John Valovic-Galtier is targeted in the context of his work as a "
sports adviser
" within the agency Score Agencies, which notably manages the interests of Christophe Galtier, details the newspaper l'Equipe. .
According to its website, Score Agencies, an agency based in Lyon and founded in 2000, specializes in services for professional footballers “
with legal, financial support etc
”.
She counts coaches and players among her clients, including some from Olympique Lyonnais such as Alexandre Lacazette and Damien Da Silva, or the Nice striker Andy Delort.
The latter had joined the Aiglons in the summer of 2021 after the arrival on the Nice bench of Galtier.
Among his "
talents
", Score Agencies also highlights on its website Christophe Galtier, who after coaching OGC Nice for a season joined PSG this summer.
The profession of agent is regulated by article L222-7 of the sports code, which specifies that "
the activity consisting in bringing into contact, against remuneration, the parties interested in concluding a contract [...] relating to the remunerated exercise of a sporting activity [...] can only be exercised by a natural person holding a license as a sports agent
", recalls the Team.
