If the degree of sensitivity of a question is measured by the number of refusals wiped in order to obtain some answers, that of the political positioning of professional footballers is to be classified in the category of taboo subjects. Between embarrassed silences and polite refusals, like Thierry Laurey, coach of the Racing Club de Strasbourg last season ("
I speak exclusively of tactics, of the field"
), Willy Sagnol, former right-back of the French team who notably coached the Girondins de Bordeaux ("
I do not want to participate in this debate"
), or Jocelyn Gourvennec, for a long time on the bench of En avant Guingamp in Ligue 2 then in Ligue 1 (
"I do not do not wish to express myself on this subject ”
), seek to know from the main stakeholders, players, retirees from the green rectangle, coaches and members of the technical staff what French football thinks, on the whole, of the social issues that animate the French comes down to little ready to clean the Augean stables.
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