Three hilarious April Fools’ jokes from French football 🐟
Three hilarious April Fools’ jokes from French football 🐟 On April 1st, football turns into a playground for trolls. Clubs, players, media: no one escapes the tradition of the prank. A look back at three hilarious April Fools’ jokes.
Rolland Courbis’ fake resignation April 1st, 2014. The late Rolland Courbis is Montpellier’s coach. At 9:45 in the morning, the manager decides to call his president, the late Louis Nicollin.
While the club is battling to stay up, Courbis says on the phone: "I already spoke about it with Michel (Mézy, president Nicollin’s advisor, editor’s note), I know he hasn’t told you about it yet, but actually, I won’t be able to stay after the end of the season. " Shock! The former MHSC president explodes: "Oh yeah, you found something better, is that it?!
Now that Monsieur has his coaching diploma, Monsieur thinks he’s a coach! " But no, Loulou. It was a joke.
Courbis did stay on as coach, and Montpellier stayed up! Patrick Bruel as sporting director! We said we’d meet again in ten years...