During a video interview, Souleymane Diawara admitted to having insulted the current coach of the France team. The former central defender believed it was a telephone hoax.
It’s a story like few others. This Wednesday, November 13, on Ange GR’s Twitch channel, Souleymane Diawara told a tasty anecdote about his signing for Olympique de Marseille. In 2009, the former defender played in Bordeaux but Didier Deschamps, OM coach at the time, wanted to recruit him.
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The Basque therefore contacts the player. The Senegalese remembers: “Deschamps calls me. But I don’t recognize his voice. I think it’s Anthony Le Tallec so I say to him ‘hey, fuck off’. I “Insult, I insult him and hang up.”
“I did it to Anthony Le Tallec”
If Souleymane Diawara believes in a hoax from his former teammate, it is because he had set the same trap for him before. “I did the trick to Anthony Le Tallec,” he explains. “He had to sign for a club so I pretended to be a sports director. He was totally into it. Afterwards I went crazy and laughed . He insulted me but we were dying of laughter.”
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Fortunately, the player’s agent called him urgently to warn him of his mistake. The former Bordeaux player continues: “When Deschamps called me back, I told him ‘coach, I’m really sorry’. But he laughed and he understood.” No hard feelings DD. A few months later, Souleymane Diawara joined Olympique de Marseille.
