Marseille’s Neal Maupay subject of abuse upon Nice return | OneFootball

It was not a welcome return for Neal Maupay (28) on Sunday night. The Frenchman return to the Riviera to face formative club OGC Nice, wearing the colours of fierce rivals Olympique de Marseille.

He received a hostile reception from the Nice crowd with the match, which ended in a comfortable 2-0 victory for Le Gym, being stopped for a few moments with the stadium speaker forced to intervene with offensive chants targeting Maupay… and his mother. Homophobic and sexist chants were also heard resonating around the Allianz Riviera, forcing the speaker’s intervention.

The Nice ultras also unfurled a banner targeting their former academy product: ‘Maupay – you’ve gone from a son of the club to a son of a b*tch’.

Maupay could have returned to Nice in the summer. He was one of Le Gym’s targets, however, a move was not financially viable. Instead, he joined fierce rivals OM and celebrated when he scored against Les Aiglons earlier this season.

GFFN | Luke Entwistle