The football season is preparing to start on the side of Canal+, holder of the European Cups diffusion rights and in particular the Champions League, the first act of which is played out this week. New season requires, new faces are expected on the sets. Starting with that of neo-retired Steve Mandanda.
A few days after having formalized his sports retirement in the Pages of the Team, the 40 -year -old international goalkeeper decided to invest in the backdrop of the decor and the field, joining the Armada of Canal+ group consultants also composed of Laure Boulleau, Samir Nasri, David Ginola, Olivier Dacourt, Sidney Govou, Christophe Jallet and Clément Grenier Former players.
“” Steve Mandanda, the former iconic goalkeeper of OM and the French team, enriches the panel of CANAL+consultants. What to light the Olympian performances, or those of Lucas Chevalier and other goalkeepers of the competition », Can we read in a statement issued this Monday by the media service of the encrypted chain.
A most active retirement for Mandanda
According to the Team, Steve Mandanda will not be there these days for the first act of the C1 and in particular the shock between Real Madrid and OM on Monday. But the interested party should be operational from the second day scheduled for late September. Not quoted in the back -to -school press release of Canal+, Mickaël Landreau, sports advisor for the referees for a year, could have found his successor there.
A surprise conversion for the former Wall of the Olympians, who in his farewell interview suggested his intention to follow a completely different curriculum. “” I can't wait for my training to start at CDES (Center for Sports Law and Economics, Editor's note)from Limoges. I want to learn management and better understand what is going on behind the field. »»
