Captain of theFrench team world champion in 1998 and coach of the Blues in 2018, Didier Deschamps is the only player in French football to be involved in the selection's two world titles.
An influential man, the current coach has always fueled rumors about his political side. Long before his mission as coach, Deschamps was the subject of fantasies during his first life as a player.
Didier Deschamps at a press conference.
“I heard rumors, explained Emmanuel Petit on RMC. We have often fantasized about Didier, in many ways. Even still today. As a coach, we attribute incredible things to him, with an incredible dimension, an incredible power as if he made rain or shine at the French Football Federation, as if he was predestined to be minister of sports. »
Deschamps accused of having played a role in the non-selections of Cantona and Ginola
Emmanuel Petit then developed his remarks: “He has this extremely political side. I was never invited into extremely private discussions because people knew that that doesn't work with me. »
Enough to imagine that Deschamps was indeed involved in the ousters of Eric Cantona and David Ginola for the 1998 World Cup? Emmanuel Petit does not exclude this hypothesis at all. “ I think so. I think it can exist, yes. Didier and Canto (Eric Cantona) have never been great friends. Gino is the same. He should have made the World Cup. In terms of quality, it should have been with us in 1998“, said the scorer of the final, before concluding: “ Sometimes you don't take the best players in each position, you make the best puzzle. “
