Noel Le Grae to call Zinedine Zidane to apologize

Noel Le Grae will pick up the phone to talk to Zinedine Zidane. According to our information, the President of the French Football Federation (FFF) planned to contact the former Blues playmaker in the coming hours on Monday. The French football boss wants to revisit his remarks made Sunday night live on RMC, where he said he had “nothing to shake” from the prospect of seeing the former Real Madrid manager on the horizon, blocked at the Blues after Didier Deschamps’ extension to 2026, to lead the Brazilian national team.

The 81-year-old leader has already issued a public apology this morning in a statement sent to AFP. “I would like to apologize for these comments, which absolutely do not reflect my thoughts or my attitude towards the player that he was and the coach that he became,” said Noel Le Grand. I gave an interview to RMC that I shouldn’t have given because he was looking for controversy by pitting Didier Zinedine Zidane, two monuments of French football. Zinedine Zidane knows that I respect him immensely, like all French people. »

Le Breton intends to explain to “ZZ” that his casual remarks were not directed against him, but were part of a skirmish between the radio journalist in charge of the interview, perceived during the skirmish as support for “Zizou” and an opponent about DD’s lease renewal. Noel Le Grae intends to reaffirm his respect for the one he met in Paris in October when Zidane arrived to present the Ballon d’Or to Karim Benzema.

Zidane will not speak on a hot topic

In February 2021, Noel Le Grae said in an interview with RTL that “if Deschamps stops, the first person[il verrait] it’s Zidane.” On Sunday, the FFF President confirmed that he would not even take [Zidane] on the phone” if the latter called before Didier Deschamps’ extension, acquired in the wake of the Blues’ excellent run at the World Cup in Qatar.

According to our information, Zinedine Zidane does not yet intend to publicly react to the release of Noel Le Grand. The 1998 World Champion doesn’t want to stir up controversy by responding to the FFF President in the media or social media.