Former star consultant for Canal+ and then RMC, Christophe Dugarry suffered from personal problems when he hosted his daily radio show. He recounts this “hell” which led him to go into exile in Morocco.
Christophe Dugarry, 51, is a happy man. The 98 world champion has been living in Morocco for three years, with his little family, plays golf and even produces olive oil. The former striker will make his comeback as a TV consultant, commenting on Euro 2024 matches on M6, alongside journalist Xavier Domergue (for 13 matches including the final of the competition).
“Duga” resumed its media activities last year, returning to RMC, but periodically appearing in Rothen ignites (twice a week since the last school year). And he will no longer agree to lead his own show, as he did for four years with Team Duga (2016-2020), on the same radio. It must be said that he had a very bad time during this period, stuck in Paris and in the process of divorcing his first wife.
The unbearable life of Paris
“For four years, it had been hell: I was going through a divorce, I didn’t have my little ones yet, I couldn’t stand life there, the traffic jams, the bad weather… I wasn’t going to complain either because I had a very big salary (700,000 euros per year, editor’s note) but the pace and the lifestyle did not suit me. When I stopped, it was good for everyone to take a step back”explained Dugarry in the columns of The Team.
Dugarry also specifies that he is under contract with RMC until the end of the football season (Altice Media has just been bought by billionaire Rodolphe Saadé) and that he has only signed for one month with M6 (which has acquired the TV rights for the next two World Cups). With the ambition to continue this part-time consultant job, Zinédine Zidane’s friend can therefore continue to enjoy the Moroccan sun with his last two children.
