Claude Le Roy denounces Trump and the football of the powerful
Claude Le Roy did not mince his words. In an interview with Worldthe former coach of Senegal, Cameroon, Ghana and Togo delivers a rare charge against the political and moral excesses of world football, by directly targeting Donald Trump and his complacent supporters.
He bluntly denounces the claimed proximity between the president of the FIFA, Gianni Infantinoand the tenant of the White House:“FIFA President Gianni Infantino prides himself on spending all his time in the Oval Office with Donald Trump, while the American president is cutting education and health aid to Africa, and this will potentially cause thousands of deaths. »Claude Le Roy also recalls the immediate human consequences of these decisions: “In addition, he refuses to grant visas to many Africans. I know plenty of students, in Senegal, Congo or Ghana, who found themselves left behind from one day to the next. »
Faced with this brutal and discriminatory policy, the former coach asks a question that the football business carefully avoids: “Does Donald Trump deserve to host a FIFA World Cup? I think not. »
More profoundly, Claude Le Roy highlights a structural evil: that of a football confiscated by money and the powerful. FIFA, under the leadership of Gianni Infantino, is nothing more than a docile cog in geopolitics and the most brutal capitalism. Infantino does not run world football, he hands it over to authoritarian heads of state, financial interests and regimes who buy silence with billions. The deaths caused by the policies he endorses do not matter, the African students sacrificed do not matter, the dignity of the people matters: only the profitable spectacle counts. This football is no longer a popular sport, it is a tool of influence, a luxury entertainment built on contempt for the weak.
This statement is not trivial. Claude LeRoy is not a salon lesson giver, but a respected legend of African football, a man on the ground who devoted most of his life to the continent. A football humanist, deeply attached to African players, people and cultures, he has always defended a sport that brings dignity, emancipation and fraternity. His sincere love of Africa, forged by decades of work and loyalty, gives his words a moral weight that neither the leaders in suits nor the FIFA communicators will be able to erase.
In a sporting world plagued by the fear of losing contracts and privileges, the voice of Claude Le Roy reminds us of a forgotten fact: football is only valuable if it remains on the side of humanity.
