Early this week, a clip from the L’\u00c9quipe Explore documentary \u201cFoot et Sexe : l’amour impossible ?\u201d brought a wave of hateful comments down on Jonathan Clauss and his wife. On Thursday night the Nice right-back replied with a long statement posted on Instagram, and his line is firm: the abuse rests, in his words, on a \u201ctotally mistaken interpretation of our story\u201d.<\/p>\n
The statement makes two points. The anecdote that did the rounds, taken from a night out, \u201cconcerned a period of my life before our relationship, more than eight years ago\u201d, Clauss writes, and it \u201cin NO WAY referred to infidelity within our relationship\u201d. He adds that his wife \u201cdeserves respect\u201d. The project he signed up for was meant to shed light on \u201cthe sometimes self-interested relationships in the world of football\u201d, taking his story \u201cas a counter-example\u201d; the film that aired moved away from that, he says.<\/p>\n
On what followed, the accounts differ. Foot Mercato reports that the interview has been withdrawn; RMC Sport and So Foot say only the clip posted on social media was deleted. According to RMC Sport, Clauss was the only active footballer to testify in the documentary.<\/p>\n
The affair lives off the pitch, and the market treats it that way. Nice travel to Angers on Sunday; the away win is still 2.117 with 1xbet, the opening price, and it has not shifted. Angers are 3.60 with Bet365. No move prices in any risk from the row, and nothing suggests the player will be left out.<\/p>\n