Statement issued after player’s claims about dressing room incident
Club says it had found no evidence to support allegations
Montpellier have rejected allegations by Mary Fowler she received racist treatment while playing at the French club, denying she ever received bananas and reiterating its commitment to combating discrimination.
The Australian wrote in her memoir Bloom that in 2022 while other players leaving the club had received flowers, she and another black teammate received nothing, and they were subsequently given bananas by a teammate in the dressing room.
Montpellier issued a statement in French saying the club was shocked to hear of the accusations, some of which were “particularly serious” and “the resulting oversimplification, which portrays the club as a racist entity, is unacceptable”.
