He had made more than clumsy remarks on Sunday, after the victory of his team, Brest, against Auxerre, in a crucial duel for the maintenance, about the day of fight against homophobia. While several players, in Nantes, Guingamp or Toulouse, had refused to play because they did not want to wear the rainbow flocked jersey, Eric Roy had indicated that he was not "happy that there are five players who do not play in Toulouse, who face Nantes, who fight with us to maintain. Is it fair? No. »

This Monday, in an Instagram post, the former midfielder wanted to bring "some clarifications". He first wanted to explain that he was "ambassador of the association Le Collectif, founded by the sub-prefect Abdel Aïssou which fights against racism, anti-Semitism and homophobia. And like my players who all joined this awareness campaign organized by the LFP, I wore the rainbow armband with pride and commitment."

But Eric Roy regretted that "the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia, scheduled for May 17, comes to hinder sporting fairness in our delicate end of the season with, unfortunately, the defection of players within the teams of the championship". The Breton coach repeated his "refusal of intolerance which is contrary to my values and that of the club".

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