Deschamps insulted on the phone before his transfer to OM

Friday 15th November 2024 05:35 AM

Thibault Morlain
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Journalist

After trying different sports, Thibault turned to a career as an amateur footballer. When making a choice between becoming a professional footballer and a journalist, the qualities tipped the scales to one side. Here he is now in the editorial staff of 10 Sport, after a diploma obtained at the International Institute of Communication in Paris.

In the summer of 2009, Souleymane Diawara left the Girondins de Bordeaux to join OM. A transfer which then allowed the Senegalese central defender to join Didier Deschamps' squad. A coach that Diawara had not failed to insult a few days before his signing. Indeed, the former OM player delivered a rather amusing anecdote about the current coach of the France team.

Trained in Havre, Souleymane Diawara subsequently had the opportunity to wear the jersey of Sochaux Charlton, BordeauxOM andOGC Nice. It was in 2009 that the Senegalese international left the Girondins to join the south of France and the Marseille club, then trained by Didier Deschamps. Diawara has a rather unusual anecdote on this subject and for Ange GRhe thus recounted how he insulted Didier Deschamps just before committing.

“Fuck you”

Comment Souleymane Diawara therefore came to insult Didier Deschamps on the phone? The former playerABOUT then explained: “ My agent calls me and tells me that Deschamps is going to call me, but he didn't tell me when. So Deschamps calls me and I didn't recognize Deschamps' voice. Once I did the trick at Le Tallec, he had to go to a club and I called him and pretended to be the sports director, he was fully into it. I leave in a hurry, the insults fly and we burst into laughter. And when Deschamps calls me, I don't recognize his voice and I say: “Anthony, go fuck yourself.” I insult him and hang up. Although it was Didier Deschamps, I hadn't caught ».

“He laughed”

Fortunately for Souleymane Diawara, Didier Deschamps clearly didn't take it the wrong way. “ And then my agent calls me: “You crazy person, it’s Deschamps.” I thought it was Le Tallec playing a joke on me. And when Deschamps calls me, I tell him: “Coach, I’m sorry.” He laughed. It's an atomic bomb Deschamps. He told me there was no problem. My agent called José Anigo to explain to him », added the former player of theABOUT.