A page turns for Stéphane Guy. The commentator will be fired from Canal + after being laid off for his support of humorist Sébastien Thoen. After 23 years on the encrypted channel, the journalist and commentator will have to find another challenge to bounce back. There remains of his time on the air nostalgia and many expressions.
Above all, Stéphane Guy is a divisive character. Adored or hated, he has rarely left people indifferent and knows it. For the new generation of television viewers, he has been one of the voices of the Premier League since 2007 and has introduced this championship to many enthusiasts. Gradually his work extended to Ligue 1 matches or to the presentation of programs such as J + 1 to make it a face of the antenna.
A strong style
Stéphane Guy is a style. The 50-year-old commentator has a knack for attaching the right adjective to the right player. Everyone remembers “the infernal Wayne Rooney”, “the eternal Ryan Giggs” or “the little prince of Marseille” in reference to Samir Nasri. A fad that he perpetuated in Ligue 1 where the use of “French genius” to evoke Kylian Mbappé has become a habit for viewers in Ligue 1. Sometimes even annoying.
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The insolence and provocation of some of his comments could have clashed in a sometimes bland environment. The evocation of “football circus”, to evoke the enormous sums of money of the economy of football, has repeatedly raised eyebrows of some. But Stéphane Guy has always claimed an editorialized commentary. It was even his trademark. From “citizen citizens” to the airtime to “extra minutes of happiness” to the announcement of additional time, it’s a story and 22 actors parading before our eyes.
There will remain a commentator who has never deviated from his line and has remained deaf to criticism, especially from social networks. It is ultimately his solidarity with a colleague who won out for his place. It remains for him to find a new one on the small screen or elsewhere …
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