Thuram: Evra should not represent France, anymore

(GSM) – France legend Lilian Thuram has lashed out at current captain Patrice Evra and has stated that the defender should never be allowed to represent his country again.

Evra was seemingly at the center of a player’s revolt after Nicolas Anelka was sent home from the tournament prematurely.

“I asked for the players to be severely punished and for Patrice Evra never to come back into the France team,” said Thuram during a meeting of the French Football Federation’s (FFF) federal council of which he is a member.

“When you are captain of France, there is a responsibility and a respect for the shirt and for people that you have to have.”

Thuram, who reported his comments to the media after the conclusion of the meeting, did not reveal how his recommendation was received.

Evra was reportedly a central figure in the France squad’s decision to boycott a training session to the exclusion of Anelka, after he clashed with coach Raymond Domenech.

The players remained on the team bus after arriving at a scheduled public training session and issued a statement explaining the reason for their protest that was read to the media by Domenech, whose contract as France coach has now expired.

“When the players shut themselves in the bus and it was the coach who read the statement, that showed that the coach was no longer respected,” said Thuram.

“The players were incapable of realising certain things.”