road to victory

Chapter 346 Rejected Le Graet

Le Maire's entire coaching career has not achieved any decent results at the club level. Now he has seen this hope in Lens, so he does not want to give up on him, so Le Maire declined Le Graet's invitation.

But Le Maire's words made Le Graet a little speechless, "Did you come to me because Vincent rejected this position? I always thought that Vincent would agree, but I didn't expect it, haha."

Le Maire and Vincent had discussed a long time ago that if Jacquet retires and Vincent takes over, Le Maire will take over two years later.But now that Le Maire is doing well in Lens, he has no longing for the national team at all. He now thinks that maybe Vincent rejected it because of this.

Simonet couldn't say anything more, so he thought for a while, "Let's wait until the European Cup qualifiers. If we can win the first game, we will have more time."

"I hope René Girard can withstand it." Le Graet also sighed.

What does it mean? The greater the hope, the greater the disappointment. France's first European Cup qualifier was against Iceland, which was still a big army at that time, but the world champions did not show their demeanor. They only relied on a penalty kick 1: 1 drew the opponent.

The bad results in the warm-up match can be tolerated, but now the world champion almost missed the European Cup qualifiers, which made the fans and the media all over the country unable to bear it.

From the worldwide sports newspaper L'Equipe to the tabloids in various places, there is no voice of dissatisfaction, and all of them are accusing the Football Association of their inaction. René Girard hasten to get out.

The four people who met last time did it together again, but their expressions were clearly polarized. Platini and Jacquet sat calmly, while Simonet and Le Graet looked really ugly. Unexpectedly, France did not win against Iceland.

"This time, we still need to decide on the head coach. Aimee, Michelle, what do you two think?" Simonet bit the bullet and asked. He actually already knew the answers of the two, but he still asked.

Jacques glanced at Platini, and said first, "I still have the same opinion, Vincent is the most suitable for this position."

"Yes, I think so too." Platini said without giving the other two a chance.

Helplessness and embarrassment appeared on the faces of the remaining two people. Last time, the two of them didn't make up their minds. This time, they can no longer shirk and have to make a decision.

"Okay, then Michelle, go find Vincent first, and if he agrees, we will start contract negotiations immediately." Simonet said decisively, "How long do you think the contract is suitable for?"

"The European Cup is over." Jacques and Platini said in unison.

Generally, the head coach of the national team signs a contract for one competition cycle. If the results are good or the expected results are achieved, the contract will be renewed for another competition cycle.

Simonet looked at Le Graet again, his eyes full of questions.

"I also think this cycle is very suitable." Le Graet did not object, mainly because he no longer has any qualifications to object. Le Maire, who he strongly advocated, clearly rejected the invitation of the national team.

Now that an agreement has been reached, Platini contacted Vincent when he went out.

"Michelle, what do you want from me?" Vincent answered Platini's call.

"Fan Shang, are you happy working in Bordeaux?" Platini recklessly said to Fan Shang.

"What do you mean?" Fan Shang didn't understand, "Michelle, is there any problem?"

"Do you want to accept a new challenge?" Platini asked, "Almost all the glory of European clubs has been won by you. Now there is a new position waiting for you to challenge. Do you want to accept it?"

Like a big fool, Platini began to draw cakes for Vincent.

"I don't want to engage in politics. I'm just a head coach." Fan Shang was afraid that Platini would drag him into the Football Association. In the political circle of the Football Association, he doesn't know anything about these things.

"No, no, Fan Shang, I think you misunderstood, I didn't mean that at all." Platini didn't expect Fan Shang to think in this way, so he quickly separated the relationship. "Let's be honest, the Football Association is going to let you be the head coach of the national team, are you interested?"

At this time, Platini finally stopped going around in circles. In order not to misunderstand Vincent, he quickly stated his purpose.

"Uh..." Fan Shang was speechless. This kind of thing made Platini think that it was something like going to the Football Association. "This should be my duty, but I am still the head coach of Bordeaux. , If you want to become the head coach of the national team, you have to terminate the contract, you have to know that I just signed a big contract this year."

Indeed, the contract signed last time is not what Vincent is supposed to get for a top European head coach like now, so Theo did not hesitate to give Vincent a big contract that surpassed all the players and coaches in Ligue 1. Vincent is now innocent The salary income is already No. [-] in Ligue [-], earning more than those stars.

What's more tricky is Fan Shang's current manager, relying on Fan Shang's influence, this guy didn't even negotiate an endorsement contract, which made Fan Shang quite speechless.

"Fan Shang, this time the Football Association is going to let you lead the team to the end of the European Cup. After all, the national team is now the world champion. It shouldn't be a problem to win another European championship with your ability?" Platini started his own lobbying.

"That's right, France won the European Cup in 2000, so we can have another heavyweight champion." Fan Shang also thought of this level, "But two years, if you become the head coach of the national team, you will not be able to win in Bordeaux." If you win the championship, then the unlocking of the system will be even slower." This year's six championships really made Fan Shang feel refreshed. If he becomes the head coach of the national team, he will definitely not win the championship within a year. Cup it.

"Michelle, does the Football Association have no other candidates?" Vincent asked.

"Uh..." In fact, there really wasn't any more. Platini now knew about Le Maire's refusal, but he didn't expect Vincent to ask such a question. "Of course it's impossible not to, but you are the No.1 pick, I hope you can seriously consider it."

"Okay, give me one day. If there are no major problems, I will send my agent to Paris tomorrow to discuss the terms of the contract." Fan Shang still feels that the European Cup is rare, and he should still We must grasp it, but the conditions of the contract have been discussed. From Platini's tone, Fan Shang could hear that the Football Association should have no other better candidates. Now is the time for the Lions to speak up.

(End of this chapter)