While the place will only be available after the 2026 World Cup, Thierry Henry already has his candidate for the head of the French football team. The Arsenal legend thus estimated Tuesday in an interview on RMC that Zinédine Zidane “deserved” to succeed coach Didier Deschamps who has just announced the timetable for his departure.
“It was for a long time what everyone thought and asked for. It would simply be deserved,” declared Thierry Henry, guest on the show “Rothen s’igname”.
“ZZ” remains silent
Free since his departure from Real Madrid, the former playmaker is regularly cited as one of the favorites to take over from his former teammate at the helm of the Blues. But since this announcement, the French football icon who has always proclaimed his appetite for the position in the past, has still not commented on his intentions. The world of French football is feverishly watching the possible announcement of “ZZ”, he who is crowned by a successful young coaching career including three Champions League crowns gleaned with Real Madrid (2016, 2017, 2018) .
Also free from any commitment after his departure from the Olympic selection, with which he reached the final (2-1 defeat against Spain), Thierry Henry does not lack supporters and is now one of the potential successors to Didier Deschamps. Asked about his intention to apply for the position, he kicked in, simply passing the ball back to the president of the FFF. “I cannot answer you… You know that I am not going to answer you, my name is not Mr. Diallo (president of the FFF),” he commented.
Franck Haise also sees his name put forward
Besides “Zizou” and Thierry Henry, the other coach cited as potentially capable of succeeding Deschamps is Franck Haise, currently stationed at Nice. But for the moment, the latter said he was a “supporter” of Zidane, judging the arrival of the 1998 Ballon d’Or as “real evidence”.
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In the meantime, Didier Deschamps’ Blues will compete on March 20 and 23 against Croatia for a place in a possible “Final Four” of the Nations League in June before qualifying for the North American World Cup.
Source: www.20minutes.fr
