A year after his son, Thierry Henry decided to leave his position as coach of the French Espoirs team. He was world champion in 1998 and was also very intense and frustrated.

For L’Equipe, the former Arsenal striker could not have done better after winning a nice silver medal. « He probably didn’t want to experience the relegation, in ten days, with a list of thunderous Bleuets to face Slovenia and Bosnia in qualifying for Euro 2025, and not even the right to take Jean-Philippe Mateta », maintains the sports media.

He may not say it, but Henry also had a hard time having been rejected so many times to put together his final list. He, the lie of French (Site notre bureau spécialisé). Between Lille taking qualification for the Champions League, Parisians retained by their drivers or even by the A, with Warren Zare-Emery – 0 minutes at the Euro – and Bradley Barcola – on whom he absolutely wanted to count -, the coach of the Bleuets felt alone in this question.