Christopher Jullien hailed Ange Postecoglou as one of the best managers he’s ever worked with but admitted “as a man we didn't have that link” as he accused the Hoops gaffer going back on a promise to give him minutes towards the end of the title-winning season.
The Frenchman returned to France in a £1 million move to Montpellier at the start of this season having joined the club in the summer of 2019 when he became the second most expensive player in the club’s history after joining for £7m from Toulouse.
But a knee injury wrecked his season in the catastrophic Covid-hit campaign and when Neil Lennon was axed and replaced by Postecoglou, Jullien was always playing catch-up and admitted he just never hit it off with the Aussie. The 29-year-old admitted in an interview with the Mail on Sunday: “He was a really good coach but as a man we didn't have that link.