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Marseille President Gets Death Threat Amidst Spat With Villas-Boas

    Advertisement The president of French football giants Marseille, Jacques-Henri Eyraud, said on Wednesday that he would start police proceedings over a death threat … Continue reading Marseille President Gets Death Threat Amidst Spat With Villas-Boas


Marseille’s Portuguese coach Andre Villas Boas looks on during the French L1 Football match between Stade Rennais Football Club and Olympique de Marseille, on January 10, 2020, at the Roazhon Park, in Rennes, western France. JEAN-FRANCOIS MONIER / AFP

 

Marseille’s Portuguese coach Andre Villas Boas looks on during the French L1 Football match between Stade Rennais Football Club and Olympique de Marseille, on January 10, 2020, at the Roazhon Park, in Rennes, western France.
JEAN-FRANCOIS MONIER / AFP

 

The president of French football giants Marseille, Jacques-Henri Eyraud, said on Wednesday that he would start police proceedings over a death threat on social media.

“I’m going to lodge a complaint tomorrow,” Eyraud told AFP after an explicit message appeared on social media giving his address in Marseille.

“Unfortunately that’s the way it is.”

Eyraud is often whistled at the Velodrome and insulted on social media by Marseille fans.

The latest threat came after coach Andre Villas-Boas, who is popular with fans, gave a press conference on Wednesday afternoon in which he repeated that he did not want the club to sell any players in the winter transfer window.

AFP