Rothen welcomes Koundé's “self-deprecation” after his sartorial response to criticism

Jérôme Rothen welcomed this Monday on RMC the wink from Jules Koundé during his arrival in Clairefontaine for the gathering of the French team. The consultant, very critical of the side's look in October, and more generally the Blues' “fashion show”, appreciated his self-deprecation and his choice of clothing for the new international break.

Jérôme Rothen was particularly annoyed after the arrival of players from the French team at Clairefontaine for the October gathering, denouncing the players' “fashion parade” and a “monumental circus”. If Jules Koundé had then split a tweet to respond to the consultant, this Monday it was dressed in a vintage Blues track jacket that the right side landed in the selection for the matches against Israel and Italy. A wink totally validated by the “left paw” of RMC Sport.

“Already his response tweet was not at all aggressive and on the contrary rather benevolent,” launched the former Blues and PSG midfielder in the show Rothen ignites on RMC. “In the end, it’s nice to have remote exchanges like that. It also shows your self-deprecation.”

“More and more, I like him,” Jérôme Rothen even continued. “He's in the second level too, he accepts criticism, I also gave him a lot of it, and even to talk about the pitch, he's surprising. He made three assists in the Champions League…”

Rothen has no fundamental regrets

Satisfied with this clothing choice of Jules Koundé like the rest of the players who arrived during the day at the Château des Bleus, Jérôme Rothen has not, however, changed his mind on the root of the problem.

“No, no, I'm not mea culpa. For me it's a parade and it shouldn't be one. You arrive with the French team at the foot of the castle, why is it filmed like that? We have outfits, brands that have nothing to do with the sponsors of the French team and the FFF,” Jérôme Rothen finally said.

“We even ask them to stop for the photo. (…) What bothers me is that you are taking advantage of the French team gathering to highlight brands that have nothing to do with with the marks of the Federation.”