France: after Mbappé and former glories, the press also attacks Noël Le Graët “A matter of shame”

Noël Le Graët who is none other than the president of the French soccer federation is at the center of attention after his polemical remarks about the former coach of Real Madrid Zinedine Zidane. Since the latter seems to have the support of everyone against the leader who had unorthodox words about the French technician.

Noël Le Graët knows how to make people talk about him, even if not in the right way lately. And the latest episode is that of his polemical remarks about Zinedine Zidane. “Did he try to contact me? Of course not, I wouldn’t even pick up the phone. To tell him to find another club? To make a special program for him to find a club or a national team,” said Le Graët in an interview with RMC Sport. And if it goes in all directions, the French press has also decided to express itself on the subject.

Indeed, many personalities of France have already expressed themselves on the comments made by Noël Le Graët, the first being Kylian Mbappé via his social networks. And if everyone gives his point of view, the French press has not been silent either, because it does not understand this reaction to one of the best players in history. And that is why L’Equipe did not hesitate to give the front page to the best manager of French soccer. “Unacceptable,” the newspaper headlines. “In a new uncontrolled media intervention, the president of the FFF attacked Zinedine Zidane. Statements that have caused numerous reactions in the soccer world and which further weaken the situation of the leader.

“Le Graët is used to media excesses, to uncontrolled consequences. On Sunday, he took the decision alone to respond to the invitation of the tennis player Marion Bartoli. It was 6 p.m. when the French soccer boss was called. The interview was to take place an hour and forty minutes later. After reminders, Le Graët finally answered. The interview quickly took on the appearance of an exchange. And the president of the FFF gives the impression of forgetting the context … ” explains the media.

“On Sunday evening, Noël Le Graët’s office had not received a phone call from the ministry. The phone should heat up in the next few hours. …. And Zinedine Zidane in all this? In his camp, we knew that there would be no reaction on the spot. For French soccer, Noël Le Graët has become a disgrace, gradually erasing the imprint of his remarkable career as a leader for more than fifty years,” reports L’Equipe, which also admits that the position of the federation president is more than weakened, because he has conflicting relations with Mbappé, the Minister of Sports….

For its part, Le Parisien focuses on highlighting a new tension between Mbappé and Le Graët: “A simple sentence, an emoji and a virulent tackle without even naming its target. It is not even necessary. Like thousands of Internet users, Kylian Mbappé shared a scathing tweet on Sunday night to criticize Noël Le Graët’s comments on the future of Zinedine Zidane. But unlike other users of the social network, the PSG and Blues star publicly attacked the indispensable boss of his federation,” writes the media.