Bordeaux manager Jocelyn Gourvennec plans on speaking with youngster Malcom regarding a selfie he took with compatriot Neymar after a match against Paris Saint-Germain last weekend.
The 20-year-old Brazilian faced criticism in the days after Bordeaux's 6-2 loss for requesting that Neymar pose for a picture alongside him and his family.
#Ligue1 Le milieu de Bordeaux Malcolm critiqué pour un selfie avec @neymarjr après la défaite au Parc des Princes https://t.co/HaGPU7F3Mi pic.twitter.com/07CFl3Ohd4
— Orange Sports (@Orangesportsfr) October 2, 2017
The pair also swapped shirts at halftime of the fixture, at which point Bordeaux was trailing 5-1.
Malcolm : Je peux avoir ton maillot ?
— 6clopes (@6_clopes) September 30, 2017
Neymar : Déjà ?
M : Ouais j'me casse de là !
N : Ah ok tiens gros !#PSGFCGB pic.twitter.com/lhA06UkkRJ
Now, Malcom will have explain his actions to Gourvennec, who expressed some empathy but ultimately condemned the actions of the Brazilian prodigy.
"I think it's a youthful mistake," Gourvennec said, according to Mark Rodden of ESPN FC. "We explained that we weren't going to Paris to take photos and swap jerseys.
"We will have a private discussion so that these errors are not repeated.
"In general terms, we weren't up to it, but it's also excessive to condemn young players like that for youthful mistakes. Who doesn't make them? Everyone makes mistakes in a professional career, whatever the body of work. The thing is not to repeat them."
