Thierry Henry says ‘no’ to the French women’s team

This is one of the names with the strongest sound to take the reins of the French women’s soccer team. However, he gave ‘no’ for answers. The former Barça player and French legend Thierry Henry has rejected the offer of his country’s Federation to train the women’s team, after the dismissal of Corinne Deacon for disagreements among players.

After a few players, led by Wendy Renard, made a public opposition to the selector, the FFF decided to dismiss the services of Corinne Deacon and find a replacement, just five months from the start of Soccer World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.

as it points L’Equipe, the Federation, through a commission consisting of Jean-Michel Aulas, Laura Georges, Alice Rieira and Marc Keller, He is working to find a weight trainer to take over the Bleu bench and bring peace of mind to the team.

Thierry Henry stands out in the list of possible dream national selectors. Although the French legend has no experience in women’s football, the coach’s profile is very popular with the FFF, who have also been interested in Patrice Lair, Hervé Renard or Jocelyn Gourvennec.

However, the former player Thierry Henry He has already rejected the offer, as a member of the French Football Federation (FFF) Committee confirmed this Thursday. “Thierry (Henry) has thought about it. I asked him personally, but the response was not positive,” he confessed. classrooms in statements in the French medium Le Figaro.

Jean-Michel’s Classroomspresident of Olympique de Lyon, contacted the former Monaco and Montreal coach to offer him the opportunity to return to training and manage the national team.

“The response was not positive. Obviously, he was very flattered to be consulted. We did it because they told us he might be interested. It won’t be Thierry Henry. I think he is preparing for other projects,” he said.

The selection of the new coach of the national team will be known this Friday: “We consulted five and two and a half are left, because the first and second have a union. He is making good progress. We have finished the preliminaries, on time let’s go to the election I think Friday afternoon.”

From the FFF, they revealed that the former soccer player felt “obviously, very flattered” at the proposal to become the new full coach of the women’s team. “We did this because they told us you might be interested. But it won’t be Thierry Henry. I think he is dedicating himself to other projects,” said Aulas.

Henry was an assistant to Roberto Martínez in the Belgian team that went to the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. Since then, as the former soccer player himself admits, he has been constantly looking for work, even offering to lead the United States national team.