David Ginola has threatened Gerard Houllier with legal action after comments about France’s failure to qualify for the 1994 World Cup.
Houllier was the man in charge when Emil Kostadinov’s goal for Bulgaria at Parc des Princes knocked Les Bleus out of the running for the United States tournament.
Ginola has repeatedly been blamed for the defeat having given the ball away in the build-up to the winning goal – but the former Spurs and Newcastle United star wants to bring a halt to the blame game.
He told L’Equipe, “In 2010, 17 years after, when I see the same person go on television and talk about this event where they treated me like a criminal for too long a cross, I’m sorry, I find this over the top.
“It’s enough! Until my death they are going to talk to me about this! If at the time Gerard Houllier hadn’t said these type of things, they wouldn’t talk to me about this now.
“It affects my personal life, my children, it affects a lot of things, it’s intolerable. Now, it’s enough. I’m so sick of it…I have decided to press charges.â€
