Didier Derschamps wants to move on. While he recently handed over management of the French team to Zinédine Zidane, the Bayonne technician has not given up on football and remains attentive to the market opportunities that could be available to him in the short and medium term. On the other hand, the page is well turned when it comes to “business”.
Recently, it was a procedure launched against journalist Daniel Riolo which required time and energy for the former world champion midfielder. Didier Deschamps attacked the polemicist for his accusations about the management of Karim Benzema’s injury during the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, calling for defamation.
A withdrawal announced three weeks ago
At first instance, last January, Daniel Riolo was acquitted. And the Deschamps camp decided not to stop there, so much so that a hearing was set for January 13, 2027 by the Paris Court of Appeal. “ It emerges from Mr. Riolo’s remarks, expressed in the form of anathemas and in hurtful terms, a desire to discredit Didier Deschamps, in conditions which characterize a value judgment and a trial of intent. », had then underlined justice, while judging that “ these comments, if they are pejorative and could therefore have legitimately offended the civil party, cannot be considered defamatory, so that it is appropriate to dismiss the defendants for the purposes of prevention “.
Finally, after careful consideration with his advice, the former conductor of the Blues chose not to go any further. “
Mr. Deschamps informed the court of his withdrawal on September 21 », Specifies to L’Equipe Maître Laurent Merlet, Daniel Riolo’s lawyer on this file. The withdrawal in question should be formalized during a relay hearing scheduled for November 4.
