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French media ask PSG to reinstate L’Equipe reporters

Updated Mar. 4, 2020 2:57 p.m. ET

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PARIS (AP) — French media are joining in support of L'Equipe after the newspaper said its reporters had been banned from recent Paris Saint-Germain news conferences.

Several groups of journalists have signed a petition asking PSG to reinstate L'Equipe writers in the name of "press freedom."

They said in a joint statement "the freedom of journalists to cover sports or political press conferences is not negotiable."

According to L'Equipe, PSG banned its journalists after the newspaper published a story this month hinting the club would be forced to sell star forward Neymar or Kylian Mbappe because of financial fair play rules.

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