In a press release published this Tuesday evening, ESTAC Troyes denounced acts of racism, without specifying whether it was an OM player, the identity of the person or even his function (player, staff member, manager … .), towards their South Korean striker, Hyun-Jun Suk (30), during the Olympique de Marseille-Troyes meeting, at the end of the fifteenth day of Ligue 1 (1-0).
While the Marseille reaction was expected, Pablo Longoria, the president of OM, would have apologized to the Aube club. Contacted byAFP, a spokesperson for the Marseille club explained in the evening of Tuesday that the president had contacted the management of Troyes for “Apologize from OM to the player and the club. OM obviously condemns any racist comments. Pablo Longoria told the Trojan president that he would ask for explanations from the authors of these comments. “ The Marseille club would have specified that OM had “Not yet formally identified the authors of the sentences in question”.