Deschamps Made Scapegoat at FFF, Says Romain Molina

After fourteen years leading Les Bleus and a 4-6 defeat to England, Didier Deschamps continues to weigh on the French Football Federation — but now from the outside. According to journalist Romain Molina, the former manager has become the designated culprit for all internal problems at the FFF.

On his YouTube channel, Molina described a federation split in two: on one side, decisions attributed to Zinédine Zidane, on the other, problems blamed on Deschamps. “Today, at the Federation, there are two ways of looking at things: on one side Zidane said this, and on the other side, it’s Deschamps’ fault. Everything is put on Deschamps. There might be financial problems, it’s Deschamps’ fault… They’re hunting Didier Deschamps,” he stated.

Molina also targeted FFF general director Jean-François Vilotte, evoking a long-standing animosity between the two men. According to him, repeated disagreements over France team management led Deschamps to bypass Vilotte and deal directly with president Philippe Diallo. “Mr. Vilotte didn’t want to give in to certain demands from Deschamps. So Deschamps went around him and went straight to Philippe Diallo, who agreed. That created resentment,” the journalist explained.

These revelations echo Deschamps’ own comments at the time of his departure. The former manager had then described an “unbreathable” environment to justify his decision: “The France team doesn’t deserve this,” he had said, without naming anyone.

Zidane, now in his second gathering as France manager, thus inherits an institution whose internal tensions appear far from resolved.