Just fifteen years ago, Jean-Michel Larqué left TF1 after spending 26 years there. “By mutual agreement”then made the private channel know in a press release. In reality, the former footballer converted into a sports commentator had been dismissed.
“Everything was set in two minutes on the phone!” I did not want to fight so as not to waste my time. The dice were piped. TF1 had decided. Since that day, I have not received news from management ”had he recognized a few years later, during an interview given to TV Magazineas part of the promotion of his book Letter to Thierry (Editions du Toucan).
After his career as a high-level sportsman, Jean-Michel Larqué had converted in 1979. His famous pair formed with Thierry Roland had first operated on antenna 2, before being debauched by Jean-Claude Dassier on TF1.
Jean-Michel Larqué, faithful to RMC
“I had seen the attitude of certain leaders when Thierry Gilardi's death and we cannot say that they were great lords, remembered the ex-midfielder.
For me, they are superficial people. Thierry Roland may have bonds with them that I did not have. I never even had an office at TF1. »»
After his dismissal as TF1, the one who is nicknamed “Captain Larqué” rebounded on The TV team
for a year. He especially continued his activity on RMC, a radio on which he had become the first consultant of the “Dream Team RMC” in October 2001.
