Dismissed by Auxerre for serious misconduct in 2022 after giving the middle finger to the public during a match against Clermont, Jean-Marc Furlan will contest his dismissal on Monday at the industrial tribunal. According to France Bleu Auxerre, the 66-year-old coach is demanding nearly 1.5 million euros from the promoted to Ligue 1.
The exhilaration of the rise to Ligue 1 passed, Auxerre will plunge back into the 2022-2023 season on Monday, at the end of which the Icaunais club had fallen to Ligue 2. October 9, 2022, during a match in Clermont (2-1 defeat), AJA coach Jean-Marc Furlan, targeted by spectators after contesting a referee’s decision, lost his nerve and responded with a middle finger. Expelled, he repeats this obscene gesture when returning to the locker room. The last straw for its leaders.
“It’s very difficult”
Laid off two days later, Jean-Marc Furlan was dismissed for serious misconduct and replaced by Christophe Pélissier (he also received a four-game suspension, one of which was suspended). Cold, ten days later, the future coach of Caen will “deeply” regret these middle fingers in the After on RMC. But from the start, he never understood his dismissal which he will contest on Monday before the Auxerre industrial tribunal. According to France Bleu Auxerre, the technician is demanding nearly 1.5 million euros from his former club.
“It’s very difficult,” he confided two years ago on RMC. “I had no explanation from my managers, I had no interview, no meeting. I just received a document saying that I had given the finger and that it was for them a serious fault. They dismissed me for serious misconduct even though I only took three matches in the disciplinary committee. Besides, they were very surprised that I was dismissed for a middle finger in the disciplinary committee. asked if I was fired just for a middle finger.”
