The Canal+subscribers, in particular the first League followers, had not forgotten Stéphane Guy.
Last Saturday, Stéphane Guy made his comeback on Canal+, on the occasion of the meeting of the Premier League opposing
Manchester City à Tottenham.
It has been almost five years since the sports journalist had not commented on the slightest match for the encrypted channel. Many viewers have rejoiced in his return. “” It's nice, still, a match commented by Stéphane Guy ”for example wrote Pierre Ménès, his former colleague, on X.
On December 24, 2020, Stéphane Guy had been dismissed from Canal+. A few days before, he had expressed his support for Sébastien Thoen, live on the air. The latter had been dismissed earlier due to his participation in a sketch on the Winamax TV channel, parodying the program “The time of the pros”, broadcast on Cnews.
Stéphane Guy returns to Canal by the big door
On June 25, the Paris Court of Appeal pronounced the nullity of this dismissal. She recognized “One violation by the employer of his freedom of expression”ordering
His reintegration into the group In addition to a fine of 700,000 euros to pay him as a reminder of wages.
During these years of “purgatory”, Stéphane Guy did not remain inactive. He first joined the Altice Média group to intervene on the radio on RMC and on the BFM TV channel, before attending The team channel.
