Je n’ai pas pris part aujourd’hui au match Toulouse – Nantes. Guingamp’s Senegalese defender Donatien Gomis reportedly ruled himself out of the Ligue 2 clash with Sochaux on Saturday for the same reason.
“I hope that my decision will be respected as well as my wish not to argue about this and that everyone is treated with respect,” he said. “Given my roots, my culture, the importance of my convictions and beliefs, it was not possible for me to participate in this campaign,” he wrote on Twitter. He said he did not want to “get into an argument” but wanted to clarify his position. Nantes’s Mostafa Mohamed was also omitted from the teamsheet for the 0-0 draw against Toulouse for the same reason. His Stade Rennais counterpart Bruno Genesio said that while he was against any kind of discrimination, he was “not sure it was a good idea to organise a day against homophobia”. He also said it was wrong to schedule the campaign at a time when players are fighting to avoid relegation.
But there are players who may have a problem with it,” he said. Everyone is free to express their opinions. “You can see that there are players who have a problem with it. Stade Brestois coach Eric Roy called the gesture “catastrophic”, a comment that drew widespread criticism on social media. Hence, I don’t believe I am the most suitable person to participate in this campaign,” he wrote on Twitter. It extends to others, but it also encompasses respect for my own personal beliefs. “Respect is a value that I hold in great esteem. But the club’s Moroccan defender Zakaria Aboukhlal defended his choice not to take part in the campaign. Toulouse left out the players who did not want to wear the shirts. It said in a statement it was astonished that clubs should ask them to do so. The National Union of Professional Footballers said it was not up to the players to convey “collective messages”. The French Professional League, the domestic football governing body, had called for Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 players to wear shirts with rainbow-coloured numbers at this weekend’s matches ahead of Wednesday’s International Day against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia. But some players refused to do so. France’s top football league has been caught up in a storm of controversy after several players refused to take part in a gesture of support for the LGBTQ community at the weekend.
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