"
I am in total incomprehension
" after the exit of the president of the Federation Noël Le Graët on Zinédine Zidane, "
an immense champion
" who gathers "
all the votes
", reacted Monday Eric Borghini, member of the executive committee of the FFF .
Zidane “
is an immense champion, one of the French who makes our country shine and who gathers all the votes around him, an incredible symbol for our youth.
This is the reason why I am in total incomprehension of the remarks made by the president
”, declared to AFP Mr. Borghini, current president of the Mediterranean League and member since 2011 of the “
Comex
”, the decision-making body of the FFF.
"
I have nothing to shake
it", he can go where he wants"
, said Sunday Le Graët, questioned by RMC on the future of Zidane, whom he would
not "even have taken on the phone" if he had shown interest in the position of coach of the Blues.
The day before, the boss of the France team Didier Deschamps had announced that he had been reappointed until 2026. Faced with the controversy, the 81-year-old leader apologized personally on Monday in a press release.
He regrets “clumsy remarks”
which
“do not absolutely reflect (his) thought, nor (his) consideration for the player he was and the coach he has become“
.
“I can only rejoice that the president has pulled himself together and apologized to Zinédine,” reacted Eric Borghini, contacted Monday morning by telephone.