The medium Jordan Veretout appears in the list given by Didier Deschamps for the World Cup. However, his transfer to OM in August was facilitated through Vadim Vasilyev, whose intendant of the Blues is also the employee. Some agents already point to a collusion of interests.
by Alexandre Pedro and Rémi Dupré
At 29, Jordan Veretout will be on the trip to Qatar with the French team to compete in his first World Cup (November 20 – December 18). Questioned Wednesday by Provence, the midfielder of Olympique welcomed the news with happiness and a little astonishment too. “If you had told me that I would be selected for the World Cup three weeks ago, I would have answered you no.”
If supporters of Benjamin André or Tanguy Ndombele can find again on this choice of Didier Deschamps, the coach justified him, on Tuesday when he was announced. Listening to it, Veretout found “a very good level” after difficult beginnings at Olympique de Marseille and “brings sufficient guarantees” in a depopulated sector with the packages of Paul Pogba and N’Golo Kanté.
But, far from all these sporting considerations, the presence of Veretout indirectly raises the question of the double cap of Bachir Nehar, intendant of the Blues and employee as “Team Manageur”, since 2020, of vv consulting , the sports and management agency created by Vadim Vasilyev , Russian businessman and former vice-president of AS Monaco. And this is not the first time.
Stéphane Canard, President of the Union of French Sports Agents (UASF), the union of licensed agents of the French Football Federation (FFF), had expressed his discontent on February 5, 2021 From the FFF, Florence Hardouin, in an email dated February 5, concerning the situation of Mr. Néhar. “The presence in the staff of Didier Deschamps by Mr. Bachir Néhar constitutes a major conflict of interest to which you must end urgently,” pointed Mr. Canard in this email that Le Monde had been able to consult. These summons remained without effect.
Known to be close to Didier Deschamps, Bachir Néhar, who signed a CDD in July 2020 at the French Football Federation (FFF) to the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, is still in office. “Its function in this company is therefore not incompatible with its intendant missions within the French team. In addition, none of the players members of the France A teams and Espoirs is affiliated with the company of agents mentioned, “said the FFF in December 2021.
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“The company which employs Mr. Néhar is contractually linked to any player evolving in the French Hopes or Premier team, a sine qua none condition of the cumulation of activity authorized by the French Federation”, added the lawyer for M. Nehar, Romain Vanni.
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