Like Zinédine Zidane, Thierry Henry is not in the small papers of the FFF for the post of coach of the France Espoirs team after the ousting of Sylvain Ripoll.
Obviously, some 98 world champions are not welcome at the FFF. Like Zinédine Zidane, who waited (in vain) for the departure of Didier Deschamps after the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, Thierry Henry is not one of the potential successors of Sylvain Ripoll as coach of the France Espoirs team. The Breton coach was dismissed on Monday, a month after the failed Euro des Bleuets.
According The Team, a short-list is obviously already established by the 3F, with three technicians all closely linked to the bosses of the instance. Thus, Julien Stéphan would be the favorite to take over the Espoirs who will play the 2024 Olympics football tournament in a year (perhaps with the reinforcement of Kylian Mbappé). He is a young technician (42 years old) and an excellent trainer, but he is also the son of Guy Stéphan, the faithful assistant of Deschamps at the A.
Two other coaches free of any contract are announced: Jocelyn Gourvennec, who did not convince in Bordeaux or Lille but who shares the same agent as Deschamps, as well as Sabri Lamouchi, close to Marc Keller, member of the executive committee of the FFF and especially in charge of national selections.
Thus, Henry, who would make an excellent guide for young talents, has almost no chance. His CV does not speak for him, he did not really succeed at the head of AS Monaco and the Montreal Impact. However, he knows the world of international tournaments, since he was on the staff of the Belgian selection at the last two World Cups. The Prime Video consultant was recently announced in the staff of Julian Nagelsmann at PSG (it flipped) and is still waiting for a new challenge as a coach.
