Asked about the use of a private jet for the club’s trip to Nantes on Saturday September 3, PSG coach Christophe Galtier joked Monday September 5 at a press conference. “We’re trying to see if we can’t move in a sand yacht“, he had replied, provoking the giggles of star striker Kylian Mbappé.Of course he’s wrong, this joke is clumsy, Mbappé’s laughs too“, reacts Tuesday, September 6 on franceinfo Bixente Lizarazu, franceinfo football consultant. “Football clubs, and footballers, are not outside the system“, continues the former French international.
“We ask everyone to make an effort in terms of the environment, we must also ask footballers”
Bixente Lizarazu, football consultanton franceinfo
According to Bixente Lizarazu, climate change is a reality, “we realized this this summer with the drought this summer, with the fires“.”It’s normal that footballers also make an effort and it’s normal that they are also criticized when they sweep the subject like that with a joke that goes very badly“.
The 1998 world champion nevertheless qualifies the ability of Paris Saint-Germain to ensure its travel by TGV. “There are matches you can do with a train, moreover some English teams like Liverpool already do it, but for security reasons with players like Messi, Mbappé or Neymar it is not always easy“, he explains, also highlighting the inconvenience of the return journeys at night and the frequency of meetings every three days.
PSG “in sand yachting” ➡️ “Footballers are not outside the system. We ask everyone to make an effort, we must ask them too”, for Bixente Lizarazu. “There are games where you can go by train or bus, clubs should do that.” pic.twitter.com/l4tJD82cN2
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But the franceinfo football consultant also recognizes that improvements are within reach. “There are matches in Nantes for example, or in Lille, where you can go by train or by bus“, he illustrates. “Football clubs should do this more and more often, also to set an example“, he concludes. The club of the capital, he claims to take this subject very seriously and has been negotiating with the SNCF since “several months” to ensure certain journeys of the team.