Former Tottenham and Everton striker Louis Saha has said that he is very much looking forward to the French national team retaining Laurent Blanc as the manager, according to the Tottenham news website, despite the fact that the contract of the former Bordeaux manager will run out after the completion of the Euro 2012.
Laurent Blanc has been able to steer France into the quarter finals of the Euro 2012. They are a team unrecognisable from the team of the last two major tournaments. Even though they suffered a defeat at the hands of Luis Suarez‘s Spain in the quarter-finals, Louis Saha has said that it would be tough to find the manager of the quality as Laurent Blanc.
The former Bordeaux manager has also been linked with the vacant Tottenham managerial post. Even though former Chelsea manager Andre Villas-Boas is the current favourite to get the job in the hands of Harry Redknapp, Laurent Blanc still remains a contender if the latest rumours are to be believed because the chairman Daniel Levy sees him as an ideal man to manage the club for the next five years. Chairman Daniel Levy fell out with Harry Redknapp over the transfer side of things, but he has a great rapport with Laurent Blanc, which could help seal the deal.
“He’s a top manager. He’ll always have interest [in him]. I can imagine him being in the Premier League because of his experience. I want him to stay in the job for France because he has been doing a terrific job so I wouldn’t like him to go to the Premier League yet. It was quite an achievement to qualify for a big game against Spain. It feels like a great achievement. The expectation was to play a better style of football after the World Cup in 2010,” said Saha.