William Gallas, the experienced Arsenal and France defender, is refusing to speak to the press during the World Cup in protest that coach Raymond Domenech has handed Patrice Evra the armband for the tournament, according to the Daily Mail. Gallas, 33, is by far the more experienced of the two men in international terms.
Gallas has earned 80 caps but Domenech favoured Evra’s on-the-pitch maturity as Thierry Henry’s successor. It is not the first time Gallas has behaved with the maturity of a stroppy teenager. The defender famously staged an on-pitch sit-in following Arsenal striker Eduardo’s broken leg at St. Andrews two years ago.
By contrast Evra’s promotion is a reflection not only of the left-back’s outstanding season at club level, but the player’s growing standing both in the international set up and at Old Trafford.
The Mail also reports the French squad is in revolt over Domenech’s plan to drop Henry from the first team for Les Bleus opening match against Diego Forlan’s Uruguay in Cape Town on Friday night. The side’s talisman, Henry’s hand-ball in the European qualification play-off against Ireland in November effectively earned France’s place in the World Cup finals.
Hope the French are eliminated at the earliest possible stage, the group stages. Lets see Gallas then, wonder would he care. Horrible bunch of cheats!
Hugely funny. I’m surprised that Gallas has any toys left to throw – must be a huge pram,
will that prick ever grow up!
the FIRST honour for any player should be to represent his country then the added bonus is to appear at a major tournament anything else is an added bonus.
Anyway, this is proberly the reason why he was overlooked is that he is sooo IMATURE!!!!
Whilst it’s very immature on Gallas’ part, I suspect the reason for his strop is because on the continent, the captaincy is usually handed to the most senior player in the team.
It’s only really in Britain that the captaincy is a position of authority, whereas in continental Europe it’s more of a symbolic honour. And Gallas is technically more senior than Pat.
Still fucking funny though