Robert Pires spoke exclusively with Win Sports about Colombian footballers, the arrival of VAR, the news of Arsenal and the French national team, among other topics.
The historic French footballer affirmed that the ‘kid’ Valderrama is the best player in our countryas the recognition it earned put Colombia on the map for many people.
Pires also mentioned that Mikel Arteta needs patience to show results at Arsenal and highlighted the work of Didier Deschamps with the selection of France.
Declarations:
Colombia: The first thing that comes to mind are my friends, Ospina and Mondragón. I still don’t know Colombia, but I want to visit it.
We play with Faryd in Metz and he is one of the best goalkeepers in this club.
Best Colombian Player: Valderrama helped Colombia a lot, because nobody knew the country and he has done important things. Then you have James and Falcao, who I love as a player and as a person. They are very good ambassadors and that is very important.
Changes in football: We have seen that there are changes and there is a lot of technology. Now in training there is GPS and the computer knows everything the player has done, that is helpful for the coach.
There is also the VAR which is a complicated subject, sometimes it helps and sometimes not.
I think something else is that footballers have lost quality with the ball, because it has become very physical and fast, the technique has been lost.
Present: I had a good relationship with French television and it is good for me to continue playing football.
French Selection: We have very good players and that luck of having a great coach like Deschamps. That mix that he has is very good and I hope we continue to win titles.
Deschamps as a partner: I did see him as a coach, because he always speaks well with the players, but you couldn’t tell if he was going to be a great coach.
It makes me very happy, because he is my friend and France is winning titles.
Successor captain in France: I think Pogba would be, he is a great player and a leader.
Mbappé: In France we are very lucky to have a player like him, he will surely be a star because he has a lot of quality and from Neymar he can learn many things.
Arsenal: It’s a tough time, but that’s also happened to Manchester United since Ferguson left, but Arteta is a man who knows the team and the Premier League. I think it will do well, but you have to be patient.
Premier League and Spanish League: For me there is no better league, only that I was lucky to play with the English and Spanish, enjoying my football. The most important thing for me was to play and enjoy myself, I can’t choose which is the best league, Spain is more technical and England more physical.
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