The president of the Ivorian Football Federation, Idriss Diallo, has clarified the operational dynamics regarding the national football team’s management and selection process.
As Ivory Coast manager Emerse Fae gears up to announce the squad for the upcoming World Cup in the United States, Canada, and Mexico, Diallo addressed ongoing speculation about any possible influence on the team’s selection.
Diallo stressed that the responsibility for player selection lies exclusively with the manager, asserting that any interference from the Federation’s leadership could hinder the coaching staff’s efforts and potentially lead to confusion in the event of unfavorable results.
I do not interfere with Emerse Faé’s squad list. It is Fae who will select the players, train them and field them on the pitch. If I start to interfere in his decisions and there is a problem tomorrow, he could say to me: ‘President, you are the one who chose them.