Raymond Domenech, the violent settling of scores

Ousted from the National Union of French Football Coaches and Technical Executives (UNECATEF), Raymond Domenech did not hide his bitterness.

The information did not go unnoticed in the French football landscape on Monday: Raymond Domenech is no longer the president of the National Union of Coaches and Technical Executives of French Football (UNECATEF). The technician, who had headed the body since 2016, was dismissed from his position and replaced by Bertrand Reuzeau.

Called to react, Domenech settled his scores in the columns of the newspaper L’Équipe. “ Succeeding in bringing together more than 300 people to bring renewal to the union is good, it’s democracy and it’s life. But I would have preferred that they used all that energy to serve the union for three yearsblurted Domenech.

“I didn’t understand how to do it”

“Many have forgotten what the current team has done for them, continued the former coach of the France team. I didn’t understand how to do it. I thought they would want to collaborate, see how to improve things… They never came to see us, to discuss. Lots of people voted without knowing who they were eliminating.”

“ They eliminated Eric Roy, the most representative coach at the moment, Nasser Larguet, one of the providers of positions in Saudi Arabia for French coaches, Jimmy Adjovi-Boco, at the forefront of Africa, Jacky Roche, who helped them all in many areas, Didier Christophe… At the limit that they eliminate me, that’s the game. But that they eliminate skills and the representativeness of UNECATEF, I find that strange“, concluded Domenech.