Icon of French football, Zinédine Zidane has always been unanimous. With the general public, but also with his own teammates. In an interview for the Kampo media, Philippe Mexès testified to the generosity of the person he met when he started with the French team.
Revealed in Auxerre, Mexès was summoned for the first time by Roger Lemerre in 2002. Like Lilian Thuram or Marcel Desailly, Zinédine Zidane was present. The ex-AJA nugget remembered the class of the character.
Zinédine Zidane, future coach of the Blues.
Philippe Mexès first recounted the initiative that Zinédine Zidane had taken for the newcomers in the selection, like the Auxerrois of the time (Mexès but also Cissé before him, then Kapo and Boumsong).
“I was moved, shocked”
“ A person arrived in Clairefontaine with the new phones, the new Motorola, the new Nokia, the portable DVD with the 3-hour battery… I couldn't buy that. With a new contract, you keep your money. Zidane said to Nino (Sylvain Wiltord’s nickname): “What are you giving him as a gift? You give a gift to Djibril (Cissé) and me to Philippe.' I hadn't taken anything, I was ashamed, I couldn't accept that. I'm uncomfortable. »
Later today, the ex-defender will have a big surprise. “In the evening, I am in my room, I hear a knock. Zinédine enters. He had a portable DVD with the 3 hour battery next to it. And he said to me: 'Here's a present. I was moved, shocked. There I saw the person it was. »
