France hire Fabien Barthez as part of Zinedine Zidane's new coaching setup

[p]The 55-year-old, who was [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/zidane-zinedine/b7zuQEqO/"]Zidane[/a]'s teammate when [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/france/QkGeVG1n/"]France[/a] won the 1998 World Cup on home soil, will be responsible for the national team's goalkeepers.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/barthez-fabien/GtKuh93G/"]Barthez[/a], who played for [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/toulouse/MLmY2yB1/"]Toulouse[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/monaco/2PIvr8o4/"]Monaco[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/marseille/SblU3Hee/"]Marseille[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/manchester-united/ppjDR086/"]Manchester United[/a], had previously worked as a consultant for the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/french-guiana/2Tf77esF/"]French[/a] national team under coaches [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/bamba-remond/2Z7JYPRb/"]Raymond Domenech[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/blanc-laurent/697mbZk2/"]Laurent Blanc[/a], but played no role during [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/deschamps-didier/M9jPX2nf/"]Didier Deschamps[/a]' 14-year tenure.[/p][p]He was briefly part of the Toulouse coaching staff from 2020 to 2021.[/p][p]The FFF also announced several other appointments to the France coaching staff.[/p][embed guid="167006dd-29e0-4551-add4-f77de5b85b01" url="https://x.com/HQ_soccerworld/status/2087837098912972914" social-type="twitter" /][p]Among them are assistant coaches [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/raya-david/nkVV0IXb/"]David Bettoni[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/makalou-hamidou/j9uihteq/"]Hamidou Msaidie[/a], two close associates of Zidane who worked alongside him during his two spells in charge of [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/real-madrid/W8mj7MDD/"]Real Madrid[/a].[/p][p]Another recruit, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/monteiro-jamiro/QXkjtqYd/"]Gregory Dupont[/a], appointed "Strategy and Performance Advisor" also worked with Zidane at Madrid.[/p][p]Appointed on July 28 to succeed his former teammate Deschamps after France lost in the World Cup semi-finals, 54-year-old Zidane will take charge of his first France training camp in September.[/p][p]France's first game under his guidance will be a [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/france-QkGeVG1n/turkey-7s-QeijuHo5/?mid=W6SKXPIE"]Nations League match[/a] away to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/turkey/QeijuHo5/"]Turkey[/a] on September 25.[/p]