Corinne Deacon is on the sidelines, the FFF has very little time to appoint her or his replacement at the head of the France team, while the Women’s World Cup begins in just over four months. Libé makes the rounds of the contenders for the post.
Corinne Deacon dismissed from her position as coach, the FFF must now decide on the person who will take over at the head of the Blue. The executives of the body are procrastinating on this subject, even if time is running out: whoever accepts the position will have barely four months to build their staff, print their mark and build a competitive team for the next World Cup. in Oceania (July 20 to August 20). Freed gives an overview of the profiles envisaged to take the lead of the Blue.
Gerard Precheur
It is, to this day, the name that comes up with the most insistence when it comes to the position left vacant. The current women’s PSG coach, 63, who was once on the bench of rival Lyon (from 2014 to 2017) has the advantage of knowing a large part of the locker room, made up mostly of players from these two clubs. As a former head of training at the Clairefontaine National Football Institute and a former member of the National Technical Department, he has the other advantage of being familiar with federal operations. Only problem, he himself claims not to have been contacted by the FFF.
Herve Renard
Never mentioned until last weekend, the track Hervé Renard, 54, has been widely cited for a few days. A known face of French football, he mainly made his mark there with the gentlemen, officiating in particular at Sochaux (2013-2014) and Lille (2015) in Ligue 1. But it is in selection that the 54-year-old technician accumulates the big of his experiences. Several of which were conclusive: he remains the only coach to have won two African Cups of Nations with two different countries (Zambia in 2012, Côte d’Ivoire in 2015). His current adventure at the head of Saudi Arabia, marked by a resounding success at the opening of the World Cup in Qatar against the future Argentinian world champion, could also have convinced more than one at the headquarters of the “3F”. This would require him to break his contract with the Green Falcons, which runs until 2027.
Sonia Bompastor
Among the female profiles surveyed, Sonia Bompastor’s CV is at the top of the pile. The ex-defensive midfielder, 42, knows Les Bleues very well, she who peaks at 156 caps in 13 years spent in the France team. Her first freelance on the bench, started in 2021 with Olympique Lyonnais, is so far a success, she who became in May 2022 the first woman to have won the Champions League both as a player and coach. . She distinguished herself during the anti-Deacon rebellion by supporting Wendie Renard, shortly after her withdrawal, describing her speaking out as “legit”not without placing a pike on the balance sheet of the fallen technician: “We have to listen to the players. Since the 2019 World Cup [défaite en quarts face aux futures championnes du monde américaines], we did not know how to ride the right wave. A lot of things should have been resolved before this rant from Wendie.
Patrice Lair
He too did not miss the opportunity to scratch Deacon, his methods and his management. “There are egos, big personalities, but in this coaching job, it’s complicated if you’re not able to manage that,” dropped Patrice Lair before the “Comex” of the FFF fatal to the coach. The Bordeaux women’s coach who passed through PSG, ex-mentor of Bompastor at OL when the latter started in the coaching professions, was already asserting his interest in the event that the eviction of Deacon was confirmed. . “I’ve been talking about it for ten years. It never happened. I am coming to the end of my contract with Bordeaux, where I want to continue because we are progressing. But, if you are offered the job, it’s hard to refuse. But there are people who are there to make decisions.”
Sandrine Soubeyrand
Record holder of the greatest number of matches played with the jersey of the France team, men and women combined, with 198 elections, reconverted coach of the women’s under-17s, ex-responsible for the France women’s poles also past the National Technical Directorate, Sandrine Soubeyrand has enough to present a concrete candidacy. The Ardéchoise, ex-teammate (like Bompastor) of Deacon in Blue, does not however appear in pole, she who seems to focus on her project at the head of Paris FC, current 3rd in women’s D1 and in the running for European competitions .