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Commentator for almost 30 years, Grégoire Margotton made a big announcement concerning his future.
Landed on TF1 in 2016 after spending twenty-four years at Canal+, Grégoire Margotton took over from Christian Jeanpierre as commentator on matches for the French team, but also during other sporting events. And the 54-year-old journalist doesn't intend to stop anytime soon. He recently proclaimed his desire to continue his career as a commentator for as long as possible.
“I have always had the chance to do other things, proof with Téléfoot, presentation, documentaries, etc… It turns out that if it is possible, I would like to comment for as long as possible. not until age 80 but as long as possible. It’s the only thing that matters to me, the rest…”confided Margotton during an interview given to the program “Ca Parle Football”.
“How do you want to get tired of this? It's impossible “
“From comment weariness? Never, he continued. You can't be tired when you don't know what's going to happen, when you take a plane or a train and you arrive in a magnificent place where there are 15,000 people in a room for handball or basketball or 60,000 people in a football stadium and you see exceptional athletes, how can you get tired of that? It's impossible. »
Commenting on football matches for almost 30 years, Grégoire Margotton has formed a duo for eight years with the 98 world champion Bixente Lizarazu on TF1. The two men will also be in Germany next summer to comment on the Blues' matches at the Euro. In addition, he has presented the famous Sunday show Téléfoot since his arrival on the channel.
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