It will be ten years, in 2026, since Grégoire Margotton joined TF1. The sports journalist (56 years old), launched by Charles Biétry on Canal+ in 1992, became “the” voice of the French football team, but not only that. He is also the host of the iconic Sunday morning show, Téléfootand he recently returned to his first love by following the Blues to EuroBasket alongside Nicolas Batum.
This rich experience on the front page allowed him to meet Bixente Lizarazu, who became his consultant during matches played by Didier Deschamps’ players. And his friend. Very close friends on the air, the two men are in fact also close outside the stadiums and the sets, so much so that the duo was quickly adopted by viewers and football fans.
While they have just commented on the qualification of Kylian Mbappé’s teammates for the 2026 World Cup – a competition that they will not cover live since M6 has stolen the broadcasting rights for the next North American World Cup from TF1 – Grégoire Margotton recently spoke about the former French international left-back in the new program
Offensebroadcast on YouTube.
“I’ve never seen a guy who doesn’t care that much.”
The opportunity for him to slip a tackle with both feet off his sidekick, apparently not very friendly with fashion.
“Bixente, he has three pairs of pants. He doesn’t care about clothes… I’ve never seen a guy who doesn’t care that much. If you saw on TV what’s just below (points to his waist)…”, he says, all smiles, before presenting the rather unique clothing style of “Liza” (55 years old).
“We’re on trekking shoes full of mud, on black jeans that are too tight and when we sit down: ‘Oh damn, I broke it again!he explains. Above, there is no belt, there is a white shirt that he cannot fasten because his neck is too long – it’s Antoine Dupont –, an old tie whose knot has been tied for about three years and a black jacket, just to hide the poverty. » It’s big!
