Does Didier Deschamps have a problem with players of Algerian origin? This is indeed what the former elected Marseillais Karim Zeribi advances on the Sud Radio waves: ” I think Didier Deschamps is Bruno Retailleau. He has a problem with Algerians ». The reason for this declaration: the non -selection of two French internationals greatly hoped for in the Greens, Akliouche Maghnes of AS Monaco and Rayan Cherki of Olympique Lyonnais.
While the two players show a brilliant form with their respective clubs, Karim Zeribi indicates that it is their origin which prevents Didier Deschamps from calling on them: “
Maghnes Akliouche and Rayan Cherki, if you do not select them and you put people who are in mixture, who come back from injury (…) C'is that you have a problem with these boys. And what makes these boys in common? They are Franco-Algerians ». This declaration arrives in an extremely tense political context between the two countries.
The FFF Solidaire with Deschamps
This is not the first time that Didier Deschamps has been openly accused of racism. In 2016, when Didier Deschamps had decided to rule out Karim Benzema and Hatem Ben Arfa from the French team, Eric Cantona had heard that Didier Deschamps was racist: “Benzema and Ben Arfa are two of the best French players and will not be at the Euro. And for sure, Benzema and Ben Arfa have North African origins. So the debate is open. Karim Benzema had said that the Blues coach had “sold to a racist part of France. “
Faced with the accusations of Karim Zeribi, the FFF decides to be united with Didier Deschamps and would have decided to file a complaint against the former elected Marseille, as indicated THE Parisian. It was during the first dinner of the Blues in Clairefontaine on Monday, that the president of the French Football Federation Philippe Diallo would have announced this decision.
