AURIER-PERISCOPE affair, behind the scenes internally revealed

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In February 2016 occurred

“The Periscope case”with Serge Aurier as protagonist. At the time, the Ivorian right side had made insulting remarks towards his coach, Laurent Blanc, and some of his teammates, like the goalkeeper Salvatore Sirigu.

Yann Guérin, then press secretary in Paris Saint-Germain, remembers the shock wave. “I am not alone in managing the crisis in the middle of the night. We hallucinate a little. We anticipate a shattering statement, but not that. So, you have to take your phone and alert everyone concerned. You have to call the sports director, the coach, to convene a crisis meeting, etc. “, said the communicator on the RMC Sport Twitch channel.

Périscope case, Aurier had completely gathered

What then advised to make Yann Guérin to Serge Aurier in order to defuse this crisis situation? “I had recommended to apologize, he retorts. Private, already, what has been done. Then public apology, because it shocks a lot of people. I do not think I have returned to my hours of sleep lost on that night. »»

The defender was initially sentenced by PSG to play with the CFA of the capital's club. He had found the first team during the quarter -first leg of the Champions League against Manchester City, on April 6, 2016, at the Parc des Princes.

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