The appointment of Thierry Henry as U23 coach was enthusiastically welcomed by Jérôme Rothen.
After Hervé Renard for the women’s team, the French Football Federation has chosen another name for the Espoirs. After the dismissal of Sylvain Ripoll in July, the leaders of the FFF have indeed decided to entrust the reins of the team to Thierry Henry.
The choice of the former Monegasque was unanimous within the 3F Comex and at the microphone of RMC, Jérôme Rothen is also convinced. ” That’s a great idea, did he throw. When you have someone like Thierry Henry, with everything he represents in France, who wore that France team jersey… People may have forgotten him, but he was world champion in 1998, and he returned to play in Espoirs behind. It shows all the humility he could have had. The other candidates? None came up to Thierry.
“There is an important parameter, it is the relationship with the new generation and the young players. In Monaco, he ‘caught’ with the experienced players, but with the young people, it was going very well. The speech went well and the young people have good memories of it. With the image and aura he has, there’s no reason he can’t. He has the mission to do better than Sylvain Ripoll. Excuse me for thinking he’s going to do better than Sylvain Ripoll, he continued. It couldn’t be worse. »
