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While certain speculations indicating a keen interest from Montpellier in Wissam Ben Yedder in recent days, Daniel Riolo had the opportunity to speak privately with President Laurent Nicollin who firmly denied this suggestion. And the RMC Sport editorialist therefore rushed to make revelations on Wednesday evening live in After Foot.
Recently sentenced to two years in prison after being tried for drunken sexual assault and currently embroiled in a new trial for psychological violence against his wife, Wissam Ben Yedder (34 years old) will he find a club with such legal setbacks? In recent days, keen interest in Montpellier was mentioned for the former striker of theAS Monacopresented as the potential savior of MHSC which is in 18th and last place in Ligue 1. But this track Ben Yedder was the subject of a lunar denial Wednesday evening live on RMC Sport.
“Not for a second did we think about taking this player”
At the microphone of theAfter Foot, Daniel Riolo revealed that he had directly communicated with Laurent Nicollinthe president of Montpellierwho debunked this rumor Ben Yedder : « Laurent Nicollin therefore contacted me and said: “I don’t understand how this story could have come out”. For now, I’m a little angry with myself because all I had to do was send him a message, but this story was relayed by a lot of media… I was speechless when he told me that. Nicollin said to me: “how could this have come out. I swear to you that, not for a second, did we think about taking this player”. He told me: “I never thought about it and no one at the club will think about it” “, announcement Riolo.
The mea culpa de Riolo
And for his part, the member of theAfter Foot therefore regrets not having directly verified this information with Nicollin when she came out: “ I blame myself for not having asked him based on general information. For now, I would like to know how this thing came out. (…) I told him no problem doing the fix. He told me: “never for a second did I think of a guy like that coming to my club, it doesn’t correspond to my values” (…) I find it very good that he tells me that he doesn’t never thought about it », the conclusion Riolo.
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