As Ivory Coast prepares to return to the field for the CAN 2027 qualifiers, Hervé Renard will have to make his first choices. While he will unveil his list on September 16, uncertainty exists around Yan Diomandé. It must be said that the young 19-year-old winger, recruited this summer by Real Madrid for 140 million euros, has played little since the start of the season. Worse, he has not succeeded, for the moment, in highlighting himself.
Asked by
Afrik-Foot on the Diomandé case, the new Elephants coach has swept away doubts, aligning his position with that of José Mourinho. The latter had requested
” calm “ and the
” patience “.
Hervé Renard: “I think José Mourinho said everything”
“Of course I follow Diomandé’s performances, as I did during the World Cup,” confided the former Losc coach, and added: “And I think José Mourinho said it all. We must give the player time to acclimatize, he arrived late for preparation, there is competition at Real. Mourinho did not bluff, he was very clear. You have to be patient with Diomandé. »
The Savoyard technician, double African champion in 2012 and 2015, displays total serenity as the next international events are fast approaching. On the program for this first gathering of the season: two matches for qualifying for CAN 2027, against Ghana on September 24 and against Somalia on September 29, before a shock friendly against Cameroon on October 3 in Abidjan.
