{"id":134440,"date":"2025-09-02T07:55:41","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T07:55:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/?p=134440"},"modified":"2025-09-02T07:55:41","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T07:55:41","slug":"why-are-french-managers-so-rare-in-elite-football-footballshorts-soccer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/?p=134440","title":{"rendered":"Why Are French Managers So Rare In Elite Football? | #footballshorts #soccer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\"  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NeQCYmRQZjQ?rel=0&#038;modestbranding=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>Welcome to The Athletic FC&#8217;s YouTube channel, where best-in-class journalism meets video.<\/p>\n<p>Why are there so few French managers at the top level of men&#8217;s football now?<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s find out \ud83e\udd1d<\/p>\n<p>#premierleague #championsleague #ligue1 <\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<\/p>\n<p>Try The Athletic for FREE for 30 days: https:\/\/theathletic.com\/checkout2\/intro30\/?source=video_youtube_theathleticfc<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcbb \ud83c\udfa7 Watch the Tifo Football Podcast here https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@tifo-podcast <\/p>\n<p>Follow The Athletic FC:<br \/>\nTwitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheAthleticFC<br \/>\nFacebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TheAthleticFC<br \/>\nInstagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/theathleticfc<br \/>\nTikTok: https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@theathleticfc<\/p>\n<p>Listen to The Athletic Football Podcast:<br \/>\nApple Podcasts: https:\/\/bit.ly\/TAFPod<br \/>\nSpotify: https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/69AAB4ojTuK7gwy3ZdQdB9<br \/>\nSubscribe to The Athletic FC newsletter for free: https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/newsletters\/the-athletic-fc\/<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<\/p>\n<p>Additional footage sourced from AP Newsroom<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=NeQCYmRQZjQ\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to The Athletic FC&#8217;s YouTube channel, where best-in-class journalism meets video. Why are there so few French managers at the top level of men&#8217;s football now? Let&#8217;s find out&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":87,"featured_media":134441,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[258],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-134440","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-soccer-how-to-practices"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134440","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/87"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=134440"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134440\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/134441"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=134440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=134440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playinsoccer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=134440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}