Atal, OGC Nice has decided

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Suspended for three months, Youcef Atal will be able to resume training with the Gym.

For having relayed the video of an anti-Semitic preacher last October, Youcef Atal was convicted by the courts and suspended by his own club, OGC Nice. Freshly eliminated from the African Cup of Nations with Algeria, the 27-year-old full-back will be able to rejoin the Aiglons in the coming days.

He is under contract until June. When he returns, his suspension will be over. The player will be available to the group », Says Francesco Farioli, the Riviera coach, who nevertheless specifies that the person concerned will not be back in Nice before Monday – when his compatriot and teammate Hicham Boudaoui is expected today.

A probable departure this winter

However, will Youcef Atal play again one day in the OGCN jersey? Nothing is less sure. “ We’ll see what happens by the end of the transfer window », Breathes sports director Florent Ghisolfi, relayed by RMC. The player’s future on the Riviera is all the more opaque since the Gym poached Valentin Rosier this winter. Clearly, the Algerian international will not be retained among the Aiglons.

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