During a debate on the absence of French coaches in the Top 4 of European football championships, the name of Habib Beye was mentioned and caused a reaction.
The observation was made in a file published Wednesday by The Team : there are no longer any French football coaches in office in the four major European championships. Different reasons have been mentioned since, such as the lack of mastery of foreign languages, starting with English, of tacticians “made in France”. As for potential candidates for export to Spain, Italy, England or Germany, there do not seem to be many of them. At least in the eyes of some observers.
As part of a discussion on the subject, Bertrand Latour was asked to give his opinion on a certain Habib Beye. While the current coach of Red Star (National) was cited as an example by one of his interlocutors, the channel’s journalist The Team quickly turned on the air conditioning to cool the atmosphere. “ Habib Beye we’re going to wait a little bit anyway. What division does he coach in? There is a little margin before being in Ligue 1. » An exit immediately countered by Pierre Bouby: “ Look at Pierre Sage (OL coach), he comes from nowhere, he’s a trainer. There he arrives in the professional world and we realize that he is doing better than previous coaches and that he is doing a good job. »
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Few French coaches have managed to break through in recent years outside France. The last to have been in post was Rudi Garcia, who arrived last summer on the Naples bench before being dismissed a few months later. While perhaps one day waiting for Zinedine Zidane’s return to Spain or France, few candidates seem to be on the starting line. It is up to the French team to do what is necessary to, at least, help its men progress in English. Perhaps what they lack to complete the technical background they possess.
