The president of the French Football Federation was very brittle on the former world champion, drawing a reproachful tweet from Kylian Mbappé.
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Funny atmosphere at the French Football Federation. Asked to find out if Zinedine Zidane, who served as a number one option at the head of the Blues in the event of non-renewal of the Deschamps contract, had called him in recent days, Christmas Le Graët was very brittle ‘former world champion in 1998 in the tricolor jersey.
“I would not have even taken it on the phone, dropped on Sunday at the microphone of RMC the president of the FFF, the day after the extension of the contract of Didier Deschamps at the head of the French team until 2026. To tell him what? “Hello sir, don’t worry, look for another club, I just agreed with Didier”? “.
Noël Le Graët, 81 years old, also responded dryly to rumors of Zidane’s interest in the selection of Brazil. “It would surprise me that he leaves there,” he said. He does what he wants, it does not look at me. I have never met him and we have never considered Separate from Didier Deschamps. I have nothing to shake, he can go where he wants, in a club, he would have as much as he wants in Europe, a big club. A selection, I barely believe in this that concerns me. “
💥 Noël Le Graët lets go on Zidane in Bartoli Time on RMC: “Zidane in Brazil? I have nothing to shake. He does … https://t.co/9r4af1dtku
Saturday, Didier Deschamps’ contract as coach of the French team had been extended until 2026 and the World Cup organized in the United States, Canada and Mexico, butchering the immediate horizon of Zidane in Blue.
The Minister of Sports claims apologies
The little diplomatic tone adopted by the president of the FFF with regard to Zinedine Zidane surprised in the world of football. The Minister of Sports, Amélie Oudéa-Castera, asked “apologies for this word too much”, criticizing on Twitter statements “again above ground with this time a shameful lack of respect, which hit us all, to a Legend of football and sport “.
Always on Twitter , another old World champion, Kylian Mbappé, split an unequivocal reaction: “Zidane is France, we do not lack respect for legend like that …”