The France coach is unsure about his future with Les Bleus following a dismal Euro 2012 campaign that saw them crash out of the tournament in the quarter-finals stage
The former France international wants Laurent Blanc to continue as http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/France-c2899 manager but predicts that the 46-year-old will step down from the post.
Emmanuel Petit, a former team-mate of Laurent Blanc has voiced his opinion over France’s managerial saga that has been in the news in recent times. The former http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Chelsea-c38786 midfielder is of the view that in the wake of recent infighting within the French camp,
Blanc will pursue his career somewhere else after getting fed up with the unrest in the squad.
Many were tipping Laurent Blanc’s side as the dark horses of the tournament but Les Bleus’ campaign was overshadowed by players’ feud with the press and reports of unrest in the squad prior to their quarter-final tie against the reigning champions http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Spain-c3011.
Laurent Blanc’s contract is set to expire next month and the Frenchman has so far avoided talking about his future. Emmanuel http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Petit-c29836 believes that Blanc is in the perfect person to guide France forward but admits that chances of Laurent Blanc walking away
from the http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Job-c18684 are very high.
"Knowing Laurent Blanc, he will be starting to have enough [of all the controversy], but I hope he will stay," Petit told reporters.
"The players must be called into question and Blanc must have had enough with the behaviour of some of them. A new challenge with a club side would probably be best for him."
Emmanuel Petit praised his former team-mate for all the work he has done with the team but at the same time, the former http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Barcelona-c38604 player criticized Blanc for team’s failure in the European Championship.
Petit stated that the coach was far too dependent on few players and was trying to intimidate Barcelona’s style of play but failed in that. The Frenchman believes that tactics Blanc used against Spain backfired and cost him dearly and resulted in Les Bleus’
ousting from the tournament.
However, Petit admits that his former international colleague restored belief in the team and led France to an impressive 23-match unbeaten run that was ended by http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Sweden-c3015 in the Euros.
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