The probable appointment of Thierry Henry at the head of the Bleuets is not made to satisfy everyone.
It is this Monday that the French Football Federation should communicate the name of the person who will train the France Espoirs team after the sidelining of Sylvain Ripoll. A priori, and barring an unexpected turnaround, Thierry Henry should be the one. Passed without much success on the bench of AS Monaco (and a little more on that of Montreal), the tricolor world champion has since occupied a role of consultant for various media. His imminent return to a coaching role made some people wince.
If he does not question Thierry Henry’s ability to lead the tricolor group, especially during the next Olympic Games which will take place in Paris in the summer of 2024, Yoann Riou attacked the decision-makers of the FFF, but also from the Ministry of Sports, in connection with this probable choice of appointment. ” I am absolutely not naive. We know what is happening at the moment in football, the authorities, the Federation, the Minister of Sports. It’s that right now, we want tinsel and big names. We are in the communication, of the communication, of the communication (…)”
“I love Thierry Henry, but…”
On the chain shelf The Teamthe journalist nevertheless insisted on specifying: I love Thierry Henry, I hope he will go there and that he will succeed, but it’s just that what is happening at the moment, for many weeks, we are only in words, words, benevolence, it’s a period that I hate, I must say. “Not sure that Yoann Riou appreciates the decision that the FFF will take on Monday during its Comex.
