The former France international says that the French team is lucky to have Laurent Blanc as the manager but added that he will criticise him if the need arises
Though France gave a good account of themselves in the qualifiers and have put in a good run of results off late, it is still clear the Les Bleus are far from a finished product.
Under Laurent Blanc, the national team has come under leaps and bounds. When Raymond Domenech left the team in ruins, it fell on the former Manchester United player to pick up the pieces and change things.
An abrasive atmosphere prevailed in the French camp following the national shame at the World Cup in http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/France-c2899 a result-oriented team.
And for Christophe Dugarry, a former national team player and Laurent Blanc’s friend and former teammate, has been following the national team a lot since the appointment of the Cevennes native as the manager.
Currently working as a consultant for Canal Plus, the former World Cup winner says that there are still complications in the national team.
While talking about Blanc, Dugarry said that there’s a limit to what every coach can do.
“Laurent Blanc is a coach, not a magician. He does what he can,” says the former http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604 man.
The 40-year-old also feels that currently, the French team lacks elements with sufficient international stature to rival the best in the business. Dugarry says that http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Karim-Benzema-c20350 is one of those few players who have the stature.
“It’s Benzema who is a great player. others are not far away, like Ribery, Lloris, but Benzema is a Galactico.”
‘Duga’ feels that the French team is lucky to have Blanc as the manager because he has done a great http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Job-c18684 to bring the team back to life after all that happened almost two years ago.
“I’m not saying that Laurent Blanc will get there, but he has a way, something that makes sense. Many would argue about it. Big clubs want him and we have him and we do not realise this,” said Dugarry which could be a hint to FFF president Noel Le Graet.
Despite his unwavering friendship with Blanc, Dugarry says that he will not hesitate to criticise him if the need arises.
“If he fails and has ****** up in the first three games, I will say that I am ****** off and he sucked. If the game is rotten and the team is catastrophic, I will have no problem in saying that.”
And this is the reason why, everyone involved in French football loves Dugarry for his honest choice of words.
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