Communicate with RMC Sports activities, Montpellier HSC president Laurent Nicollin has revealed that his supervisor, Michel Der Zakarian, had a telephone name with Thierry Henry, who he had criticized earlier this week. The MHSC supervisor was not proud of the France U21 supervisor’s feedback in regards to the lack of “motion” in Ligue 1 in current recreation weeks.
“It is not even essentially the dearth of objectives [that are making Ligue 1 boring currently. There is no action, no shots on target,” said the Bleuets manager last week. In the gameweek that preceded the current international break, only 12 goals were scored in eight games, and the week before that just 13.
However, Der Zakarian believes that Henry should not have made such harmful comments about France’s top-flight, given his position as an employee of the FFF. “The guy works for the FFF and criticises French football. It’s nonsense! It’s easy to criticise the league when you’re the manager of the France U21 team. He won 4-0 twice but against whom? He hasn’t beaten anyone. If he wins 5-0 against Spain or Italy, I’ll say well done,” said the Montpellier manager.
However, Der Zakarian’s criticism then took a personal turn as he went on to question Henr’y managerial credentials. “I don’t agree with Thierry Henry. Where has he managed? What did he do at AS Monaco? He had three months and then he cleared off,” he said. Henry replied following France U21’s defeat against South Korea, stating that he “didn’t attack anyone.”
Nicollin has now told RMC Sport that the pair held a phone call on Tuesday morning in order to ease the tensions. “I am not going to comment on what each one of them said, but I am of the opinion that when you manage a French national team, you need to try and value the French championship […] I believe they bought a name as we speak (Tuesday). Every part is sorted. There isn’t a story. There isn’t a downside,” mentioned the president of Montpellier.
GFFN | Luke Entwistle
