French coach, Hervé Renard, reveals the reasons why he chose not to join the Teranga Lions of Senegal.
New coach of the Saudi Arabia team for more than a week, Renard returned to the reasons which ultimately distanced him from the Senegal national team. He admits to having submitted his candidacy before withdrawing for a specific reason.
“There were discussions. I had one wish, to have Omar Daf, a former Senegalese international, as my assistant. But Omar is the coach of Amiens, in Ligue 2. And this condition was not immediately possible to fulfill. I have therefore decided at this precise moment to withdraw my application”he revealed in Le Monde Afrique.
“Training Senegal, one of the best African teams, would have been a great challenge, it’s true, but all the conditions were not met”he added.
Renard has won two CANs in Africa. The first in 2012 with Zambia and the second in 2015 with Ivory Coast, admitted to having proposed
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