At TF1 since 2016, after twenty-four years spent in the sports service of Canal+, Grégoire Margotton became “the” voice of the French football team for viewers. And if the pair he forms at the microphone with Bixente Lizarazu is so popular today, it is because the two men have developed a complicity that goes beyond the small screen.
Their duo should however be broken … temporarily. According to
Bebasketthe sports journalist (55) will be at the comments of Euro 2025 in basketball from August 27 to September 14, the front page having obtained the rights of the Blues' matches. A sport that the Lyonnais knows well since it has already covered Pro A (today Betclic Elite) and the NBA in its inception on the encrypted channel.
To accompany him on the air, TF1 would have decided to enlist a luxury consultant in the person of Nicolas Batum. The Los Angeles Clippers winger (36) is still active but has retired international after the Paris Olympic Games 2024. He would also play this role during the 2027 World Cup in Qatar, dixit the journalist Gabriel Pantel-Jouve on X.
Grégoire Margotton deprived of the Blues at the start of the school year?
For Grégoire Margotton, the start of the school year therefore promises to be loaded. In the first round of the Eurobasket, which will take place in Katowice, the players of Frédéric Faux will face Belgium (August 28), Slovenia (August 30), Israel (August 31), Poland (September 2) and Iceland (September 4). In the event of qualification, they will compete in the knockout stages in Riga, from September 8.
How the presenter of Telefoot Will he be able to attend at the start of the qualification campaign for Didier Deschamps at the 2026 World Cup in parallel? Mystery. The Kylian Mbappé teammates have an appointment with Ukraine on September 5 in Wrocław, and Iceland on September 9 in Paris. Where will Bixente Lizarazu be associated with a new partner?
