“He taught me football,” says former Paris Saint-Germain president Daniel Hechter

It was “one of my true friends“, says Daniel Hechter, this Wednesday on franceinfo, after the disappearance of the international football Just Fontaine. “He taught me football“, testifies the former president of Paris Saint-Germain, who saw the legend of football evolve under his colors from 1973 to 1976.

The ex-president of PSG from 1974 to 1978 rents a “exceptional man”with “human qualities rarely seen in football“. It was above all “a simple man, discreet and not full of himself“, insists Daniel Hechter.

Just Fontaine was one of the players in Paris Saint-Germain’s rise to the first division. “It was thanks to his human qualities“, underlines the former president, while the team then had only four professional players. “He found the right word for everyone“, he continued, very moved.

“A thought for Just Fontaine. It is a monument of French football who has left us, and a sad day for lovers of Paris Saint-Germain, a club he led to the first division 50 years ago.“, also reacted Wednesday the PSG in a press release.