[7] He later returned to France to play for Troyes, then joined Spanish side Rayo Vallecano, before ending his career at Nice.

[6] After retiring, in September 2005 Roy was hired as director of marketing, communication and public relations at his last club OGC Nice.

In March 2010, he was appointed manager of Nice, alongside of a coach holding the professional trainer diploma, which Roy did not.

The club through its dismissal letter asserted that Roy made a 12-day trip to Argentina with an unlicensed agent despite opposition from management and without prior preparation.

[9] Roy appealed to the Nice Labor Court, and a judgment was issued in June 2013: the dismissal had no real and serious cause and condemned the employer for nonpayment (€22,159 in addition to paid leave relating thereto as a reminder of salary, €97,500 in addition to paid vacation relating thereto as compensation in lieu of notice, €113,750 in severance pay, €37,573 in addition to paid vacation relating to it match and classification bonuses, €90,000 in addition to paid holidays relating thereto as maintenance bonus, €300,000 as damages for unfair dismissal, €3,000 on the basis of the provisions of article 700 of the code of civil procedure besides whole costs).

First, that Roy should not have received his second remuneration as supervisor from November 2011 to the extent that it was agreed that he would give up, from that date, the daily management of the first team to occupy only its function of sports director.