His word is rare.
And each time he comes out of silence, Laurent Blanc does not escape the question that everyone is asking.
When will he return to the sidelines?
Since his departure from Paris SG in 2016, after having completed his record (3 titles of champions of France, 2 Cups of France and 3 Cups of the League), the Cévenol, also titled with the Girondins de Bordeaux in 2009 and coach of the Blues between 2010 and 2012, is unemployed.
If his past as a player and his severance payments from the Parisian club allow him to live easily, his appetite as a competitor remains strong.
But the reality of the environment is quite different.
This season, Laurent Blanc is watching her again in front of his television.
If he was undoubtedly too demanding after his departure from PSG, the former defender of the Blues, world champion in 1998, seems inclined to aim less high.
For lack of a sufficiently attractive proposition in his eyes.
"I would definitely come back, but it will certainly not be with adults, but rather with children. There is something to do in amateur sport"
Laurent Blanc expressed his interest in amateur football pic.twitter.com/wDZ4LFaG0M
- Téléfoot (@ telefoot_TF1) November 29, 2020
"Yes, I still want to train," he replied on the Téléfoot set this Sunday, before giving way to a confidence.
But the more time passes, the less I believe in it. "
At 55, the native of Alès knows he is forced to adapt.
The football world is going at breakneck speed and seems to have forgotten it.
Suddenly, Laurent Blanc is ready to change course.
To the point of training young people.
"It will certainly not be adults, but children," he concedes, surprisingly.
Relaunched on the fact of having given up on his career as a coach at the highest level, the main interested party provided some avenues for reflection.
“Football is taking a direction that I don't necessarily like, it's up to us as coaches to adapt.
We are in total financial speculation.
We value the players, not in relation to what they do on the pitch but what they generate in financial value.
We buy them for 10M € to sell them for 30 or 40. The job of coach is more and more difficult, we have technical people above all, ”he concludes, almost disillusioned.
Real posture or a deep desire to change course, for lack of something better?
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