Didier Deschamps and Éric Cantona will not repeat the match of words at the Tribunal de Grande Instance in Paris this Friday. Originally scheduled for 1:30 p.m., the hearing was postponed to October 12, 2021 at the joint request of the representatives of Didier Deschamps and Éric Cantona in the current context of the lawyers' strike. Informed of the probable postponement of the hearing, neither the coach of the France team nor his former teammate at the Blues had made the trip to court on Friday. The first accuses the second of defaming him in an interview with the British daily The Guardian , published on May 26, 2016.
At the heart of the subject, the non-selections of Karim Benzema and Hatem Ben Arfa in the group of 23 Blues for Euro 2016 two weeks earlier. “Deschamps has a name that sounds good French. It is perhaps the only one in France to have such a French name. No one has ever mixed with anyone in their family. Like Mormons in America, ”said Eric Cantona. "One thing is certain, Benzema, (dismissed from the Blues because of his indictment in the sex tape case) and Hatem Ben Arfa (selected only from the reservists) they are the two best players in France and they will not play Euro. What is also certain is that their origins are North African. So yes, the debate is open, "added the former glory of Manchester United. For these remarks, Didier Deschamps claims 100,000 euros in damages. In sum, he intends to donate in full to an association if he wins the case.
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