Christophe Galtier should be smiling this morning after Paris Saint-Germain’s fine victory over Olympique de Marseille in the Clasico held at the Parc des Princes last night, but a case involving his adopted son is certainly worrying him. Arrived at Paris Saint-Germain last summer to everyone’s surprise, the 56-year-old coach is having his first experience in a club of this stature. If many thought that Zinedine Zidane would arrive in Paris, it was therefore another native of Marseille who had the job and despite his experience, he will have a lot to do to manage the stars of the club, Kylian Mbappé and Neymar in the lead.
Arrived in Paris with his wife, Christophe Galtier is the happy father of two big boys, Jordan (33 years old) and who is following in his footsteps since he also intends to become a coach, and John (34 years old), his adopted son. , the son of his partner whom he adopted five years ago. A very important man since he is his adviser and defends his interests, but according to information from the newspaper The Team, he could get in trouble with the law. Sports advisor within the Score Agencies structure, John Valovic-Galtier is “targeted by a preliminary investigation opened last March by the Nice prosecutor’s office, in particular for ‘illegal exercise of the activity of sports agent'”.
The son of Christophe Galtier denies any participation
According to our colleagues, the investigation has been opened against the son of Christophe Galtier “on the basis for reporting an individual initially received by the Marseille public prosecutor’s office and transmitted to our jurisdiction in February 2022″, said the Nice public prosecutor’s office, which was confirmed by the Marseille public prosecutor’s office. The individual in question would be an agent licensed by the French Football Federation, which is not the case with John Valovic-Galtier. He defends himself and totally denies having participated in negotiations directlyin particular during the transfer to Nice of striker Andy Delort in August 2021, acknowledging that he is “not an agent”.
Scrutinized by the media since his arrival in Paris, Christophe Galtier would certainly have done well without this affair…