A lawyer is a profession, Ousmane Dembélé risks very quickly learning it at his expense.

Pinned in a video unearthed from the bowels of Snapchat and published on social networks in recent days, we hear the attacker of the France team make comments with racist connotations against Japanese technicians who came to solve a problem on the television in the player's room.

In this sequence, filmed directly by the Barcelonan and on which appears a hilarious Antoine Griezmann, Dembélé seems to be laughing while listening to the Japanese talk and embellishes all this with comments such as "All these dirty faces ...", "Damn the language ... C ' is a disaster ”“ Are you ahead or not ahead in your country?

".

According to several Asian media, including the Hong Kong newspaper

South China Morning Post

, this scene took place in the summer of 2019 during FC Barcelona's pre-season tour of Japan for the Rakuten Cup, main sponsor of the Catalan club.

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"So I was not targeting any community", defends Dembélé

The player of the France team, who left the Euro prematurely because of an injury, is the first to be released from the silence on Monday. " Good morning all. Recently, a private video dating from 2019 was circulating on the networks. The scene happens to be in Japan. It could have taken place anywhere on the planet, I would have used the same expressions. So I wasn't targeting any community. I sometimes use these kinds of expressions in private, with friends, regardless of their origin. This video is now public. So I can imagine that it could have offended the people present in these images. Therefore, I offer them my most sincere apologies, ”wrote the former Rennais on his Instagram account.

We have a little trouble understanding how the fact that the player explains that he could have said that if the scene had taken place "anywhere on the planet" clears him of anything. The expression “All these dirty faces” remaining insulting whether one is from Vladivostok, Timbuktu or Rio de Janeiro. As for “damn the language… It's a disaster”, that speaks for itself. In short, not sure that these explanations and the apologies that followed allow the pill to pass as if by magic.

In the wake of his teammate's message, Antoine Griezmann also wanted to react, on his Twitter account.

“I have always been committed against any form of discrimination.

For the past few days, some people have wanted to pass me off as the man I am not.

I firmly refute the accusations made to me and I am sorry if I could offend my Japanese friends, ”wrote the number 7 tricolor.

For the moment, FC Barcelona has not officially reacted.

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