Right in his boots.
Noël Le Graët is no exception to his line of conduct.
For several weeks – even before the extension of Didier Deschamps – the president of the French Football Federation has denied any contact with Zinédine Zidane.
The boss of French football had already affirmed it in our columns during the last World Cup in Qatar.
He did it again.
Invited this time on
RMC
, Noël Le Graët did not mince his words.
A few hours after formalizing with great fanfare the extension of Didier Deschamps at the head of the Franc team until 2026, the president of the "3F" claims to have had no contact with "Zizou".
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If Zidane tried to reach me?
Certainly not.
I wouldn't even have taken him on the phone.
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Le Graët without consideration for Zidane
The 81-year-old Breton leader did not stop there.
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Moving on?
I don't know what you mean, I know very well that Zidane was always on the hook, we mustn't tell a story.
He had a lot of supporters, some were waiting for Deschamps to leave to rush.
But who can seriously reproach Deschamps?
No one.
You can always miss a match but I've been with him for 10 years, there haven't been many failures.
You know, it's buzzing
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Sent insistently to the side of Brazil for several weeks and the departure of Tite, "ZZ" would also have refused the American selection.
In any case, the future of the latter does not seem to be either hot or cold at “NLG”.
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Zidane in Brazil?
I don't know, that would surprise me.
He does what he wants, that's none of my business.
I never met him, we never considered parting with Didier.
It doesn't match anything.
Zidane in Brazil?
I don't care, he can go where he wants!
He can go where he wants, in a club... selection, I hardly believe it as far as he is concerned.
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Also asked about the Karim Benzema case, sent back very (too?) early to Spain, the highest leader of the FFF once again did not mince his words.
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He was injured, he unfortunately left, I regret it.
I admire the career of Benzema, who had the best year of his life, of his career.
Unfortunately, in the first or second training, he has a small glitch.
What does his entourage say?
I do not care.
The staff did the right thing.
We had 24 players, we finished at 24, so the staff was certainly efficient.
Benzema resumed training when the competition ended, not before.
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