As he patiently waits for the manager’s place to become available, Zinedine Zidane isn’t the only one eyeing the Blues.
Zinedine Zidane does not hide it. Without a club since the end of his adventure at Real Madrid, the former playmaker dreams of taking over from Didier Deschamps as head of the France team. “the most beautiful thing in the world.” I want, of course. I will be, I hope, one day. When ? It’s not up to me. But I want to close the circle with the France team.” he confided to L’Equipe at the beginning of the summer, before shouting his love for the Blues: “I knew this French team as a player. And that’s the best thing that ever happened to me! (He puts his hand to his heart.) But really! It is the pinnacle. And so, as I lived through that and today I am a coach, the France team is firmly rooted in my head. »
But the 98 world champion is not the only one who imagines himself leading the Blues. Witness Bruno Genesio’s statements on the RMC program “Rothen s’enflamme”. Asked about the France team, the Breton coach applied. “First there is a coach who is in his place… Honestly, I like the France team, they have everything to defend their title and win a World Cup again, with a coach who has a great track record”started to start.
The uncertain future of Le Graët changes the situation
The former Lyon coach then opened up about his personal case, clearly showing his ambitions. “In the future, I feel capable of doing it. I feel capable of training in a very big club, I feel capable of leading a national team. But today the France team is one of the greatest nations in the world. We all know that it requires other arguments than just feeling capable of it.He explained.
Regularly asked about the succession of Didier Deschamps, Noël Le Graët has often acknowledged that Zinedine Zidane could be his natural successor but that the future of the president of the French Football Federation seems as uncertain as that of the Blues manager, the cards could be redistributed