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Journalist
Graduated from School of Journalism in Paris. Specializing in football, and more particularly on the transfer window. Fan of PSG and Stade Français.
Renowned for being one of the great snipers in the French football media landscape in After Foot, on RMC Sport, Daniel Riolo pulls no punches when it comes to tackling certain players. PSG is particularly concerned, and it seems that Bradley Barcola’s entourage has also contacted Riolo to ask him to slow down. And this is not the first case of this kind for the RMC editorialist…
Thursday evening, live on the microphone of theAfter Foot on RMC Sport, Daniel Riolo revealed that he had taken a little pressure from those around him Bradley Stagger. It seems that the attacker PSG and those close to him can no longer stand the famous nickname used for over a year by Riolonamely “Bambi“, when he talks about his performances: ” It’s officially the end of the Bambi nickname. As long as we don’t officially complain about it and from the moment I’ve been told that it hurts and we don’t understand that it’s a joke… I don’t want to make hurt people and as those around him obviously have a hard time with the thing and I have been officially informed of it, well we’re going to stop. If people suffer from a nickname, so be it. But above all, people are realizing that Désiré Doué is above him. And that for once is true », explained Daniel Riolo.
Marquinhos’ brother threatened him
And this is not the first clash of this kind for Daniel Riolo. Last May, on the channel YouTube DiversGenshe had revealed threats made by the brother of Marquinhosthe Brazilian captain of PSG : « On Insta, Marquinhos’ brother came to spoil me. He expected me not to respond. I sent him to fuck off. I said to him: ‘Do you realize what you’re saying to me? Fuck you. What are you talking to me like that, isn’t it okay?’. Afterwards, he stopped. I said to the guy at the club: ‘The brother of the PSG captain comes to insult a journalist on social networks and you don’t say anything?’. They told me: ‘Yes, you’re right, but at the same time, you too, sometimes, be more respectful.’ I said, ‘Okay, no problem.’ I used an image about the player that wasn’t great, basically that he was shitting himself. Okay, fine. I want to hear that it’s not good, instead you can say I think he’s psychologically weak, more than he ends the match with poop on his thighs. There are more elegant things, but we talk like that. Frankly, the guys don’t realize that we are nothing compared to what can be said abroad. It’s 10 times larger “, tell Riolo.
A legal affair with Mbappé
In 2022, the editorialist also spoke out for a case against the entourage of Kylian Mbappé who threatened to file a complaint. The fuse had been lit by these words of Riolo on the air on the former star of PSG : « I’m not going to make any revelations and I’m going to use the conditional, but lately, be careful. The things that start circulating around him aren’t super clear “. And after learning that a defamation complaint was being considered by those around Mbappé, Daniel Riolo had stepped up to the plate: “ I say that two or three things are circulating about a player, in this case Kylian Mbappé, do I give credit to these two or three things, do I reveal them? When I learn today of the attacks and possible trials, listen, we are at peace. We know what we say, we know what we think. We never hid. We’re still here. And we face everything and we take responsibility for everything. But in this case that’s not at all what I wanted to say. So if this is misunderstood… “. A matter which seems to have gone unanswered.
Deschamps filed a complaint
And the clashes of Daniel Riolo go far beyond the scope of PSG. Didier Deschampsthe coach of theFrench teamalso filed a complaint against the journalist because of his statements deemed defamatory about the affair Karim Benzema during the 2022 World Cup, Qatar : « Deschamps lied to us from A to Z, but lying is something he handles perfectly », had blurted out Riolo. And after reading the complaint against him, he did not hide his amazement: “ It doesn’t scare me, but it saddens me. Frankly, the justice system is crowded. There really are people who need justice. The judges have to decide on very important things today. For a comment, this story will last 1 or 2 years. It’s lamentable ». Riolo recently clarified in the After that this affair with Deschamps is expected to be judged next year, in November 2025.
