Two months ago, Côte d’Ivoire made an unexpected move by contacting the French Football Federation for the loan of Hervé Renard during the Africa Cup of Nations.
In deep trouble with Jean-Louis Gasset, Côte d’Ivoire made the decision to change their coach in the middle of the Africa Cup of Nations group stage. To succeed the soon-to-be Marseille coach, the Elephants made Hervé Renard their priority. However, the double Africa Cup of Nations winner was under contract with the French Football Federation as the coach of the women’s team.
A loan was considered, and the Ivorian federation went all out to persuade the FFF to release Hervé Renard for the duration of the Africa Cup of Nations, before he would resume his role as coach of the women’s team. However, this scenario was rejected by Jean-Michel Aulas and Philippe Diallo.
Nevertheless, a Cameroonian journalist sparked a strange rumor on Info TV. Jean Lambert Nang surprised everyone by suggesting that, according to his information, Hervé Renard was behind Emerse Faé after Jean-Louis Gasset’s departure and secretly guided the Elephants to victory in February. “It was Hervé Renard who was behind Emerse Faé during the Ivorian AFCON.
It was Hervé Renard who led the Ivory Coast Elephants behind Emerse Faé, the official coach. Many do not know this (…) The Indomitable Lions deserve a man like Hervé Renard at their helm,” the journalist said on Info TV. These are very surprising pieces of information from the journalist, which should be quickly denied by the current coach of the French women’s team, especially considering that rumors of a potential loan of Hervé Renard to the Ivorian team had unsettled some of the Bleues players as well as many observers.
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