Benoit Costil was present at Girondins training on Monday after Sunday’s incidents with the supporters. The French international goalkeeper was there for the cleaning even if at the end of the meeting against Montpellier (0-2), he had announced to certain teammates and employees that he would quickly leave the club. During this meeting, he was whistled by the Virage Sud before having an altercation with one of the leaders of the Ultramarines, the largest group of Bordeaux supporters, then being accused of racism by these same supporters. A very serious charge.
This Monday, Benoit Costil met with his management to discuss his future. The rest of the locker room gave him their support. The players even thought about a press release in the face of the lack of official reaction from the Girondins on the accusations of racism. The situation therefore remains extremely tense within the club. The players met Monday afternoon with management to try to put things straight.
While waiting for the consequences of this story, two players will return to the professional team. They are Paul Baysse and Mehdi Zerkane. Both players had been more or less sidelined since January. They only trained two days a week with the first team. The first had been playing since his return from injury with the reserve team at the weekend. Baysse and Zerkane will therefore return to the full-time professional team and will now be available to David Guion for the last matches of the season. It is a request from the group which has been accepted by the management of the Girondins de Bordeaux.