Marcel Desailly returns his jacket and apologizes to a player from the France team!

Bernard Colas
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Journalist

Passionate about sport, cinema and television (on screen as well as behind) since his childhood, Bernard has been a journalist for 10 Sport since 2018. More skilful with the keyboard in hand than with the ball, he decides to mainly cover a sport that is adored, criticized and hated at the same time (football) and a sport that is not one (wrestling).

Not kind to William Saliba in the past, Marcel Desailly has revised his judgment. Questioned by the Get French Football News site, the 1998 world champion apologized to the Arsenal defender, highlighting his progress in recent months.

Some of the 1998 world champions remained in football by beginning a career change in the media. This is particularly the case of Marcel Desailly, who keeps an eye on the Premier League after having evolved there between 1998 and 2004, on the side of Chelsea. The former player of Blues could sometimes have been harsh towards William Salibaand even unfair as recognized by the main interested party, who returned to his past comments.

“He has become a very good defender, very consistent”

« I gave a few interviews recently in which I said, “I officially apologize to Saliba.” Because it is true that I was not convinced, at the beginning, I was not in favor of Saliba. But I’m really delighted, honestly. He demonstrated the ability to perform consistently and remained focused on his work. What I mean by that is that while he may not be able to carry the ball forward like Sergio Ramos did, he has become a very good, very consistent defender. And today he shows that he is one of the best defenders, maybe even better than Virgil van Dijk, who is no longer at his peak. He’s one of the best at the moment. We have to give him four or five years in the system, without injuries », confides Marcel Desaillythen imagining himself in place of Didier Deschamps for the World Cup.

“I say bravo to him”

« Today, with Dayot Upamecano, imagine, there are three candidates for two positions. The choice will not be easy: Ibrahima Konaté, who had an average season but did a good job recently against Brazil, Upamecano and Saliba. So yes, I apologize. Well, maybe not apologize, but I say well done. He silenced the criticism of those who didn’t believe in him and found that consistency within an Arsenal team that needed a leader. His duet with Gabriel is excellent », concludes Desaillyinterviewed by Get French Football News.