After Noël Le Graët’s remarks to Zinédine Zidane, which then led to his departure from the presidency of the FFF, several members of France 98 had stepped up to defend their former teammate. However, some had criticized Didier Deschamps’ silence on the subject. The coach of the France team would no longer be part of the WhatsApp group bringing together all the former world champions. Information more or less confirmed by Robert Pirès.
In the eye of the storm after his remarks on Zinedine Zidane, Noel Le Graet finally left his position as president of the FFF. But this affair had also resurrected certain tensions within the 1998 world champions. Emmanuel Small had in particular wondered about the silence of Didier Deschamps on this subject, who had waited a few days before expressing himself, while several former teammates of Zinedine Zidane had already publicly displayed their dissatisfaction.
Mbappé: Problem in sight, Deschamps no longer has a choice pic.twitter.com/JDNsJj04Hf
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Deschamps in conflict with France 98?
In conflict with Didier Deschamps since a while, Christophe Dugary had also revealed that Didier Deschamps was no longer part of the group WhatsApp bringing together all the former world champions. ” We have Bobo (Boghossian), Barthez, Leboeuf, Thuram, Liza (Lizarazu), Blanc, Desailly, Pires, Zidane… We’re not bad. There is Diomède, there is Charbo (Charbonnier), Karembeu… If Deschamps is in the group? No, there is no DD. I think he blocked his account “, he said on RMC.
“I’ll be honest with you, there’s not everyone”
Information more or less confirmed by Robert Pires. « Have you kept in touch with your former teammates for a bit? “, asked him Martin Fourcadein the documentary Face to face of Canal+to which the former playerArsenal replied : ” Yeah, for example, on France 98, we have a WhatsApp group. Well, I’ll be honest with you, there’s not everyone. » « I don’t ask you for names “, continued the seven-time Olympic medalist, before Robert Pires does not add: No, anyway it’s already known in the press, it’s like that. »
