Since the end of his adventure at M6 in 2022, commentator Denis Balbir hopes to bounce back. He returned to these difficult times for the media L’Equipe.
Footballers often speak of a “little death” when talking about their sporting retirement. We can imagine a similar emotion for the commentators. As far as Denis Balbir is concerned, we sense a certain frustration when reading an interview given to The Team. The 65-year-old journalist has not really digested his sidelining at M6 after a final match with commentary in November 2022.
Since then, we have not seen the man who became known to the general public in the 1990s on Canal+. “ It’s just unfortunate that a channel is without an experienced enthusiast. If there are little things to pass on to young journalists, that could be interestingconfides Denis Balbir in the sports media. As long as we see, we speak, we hear and we are physically able, there is no age to comment. »
He also admitted his surprise at seeing that the M6 group would prefer Xavier Domergue, the current number one commentator on the channel, alongside Jean-Marc Ferreri: “ When you are tenured and relatively settled, it hurts to hear : “we don’t really need you anymore”. I was surprised...”
