Hervé Renard: in Morocco, "either they hate you, or they adore you"

The French coach has remained very attached to Morocco, whose national team he coached between 2016 and 2019 and with which he won the Africa Cup of Nations in 2018 and participated in a World Cup. "Just a very big thought for the entire Moroccan people, and especially my sincere condolences to the families of the victims of this earthquake. May international aid be exceptional for Morocco. We need exceptional solidarity for Morocco," he told the newspaper Le Parisien.

The coach of the Bleues, who lives in Senegal with his partner Viviane Dièye, says he was deeply marked by his stay in Morocco. "The people gave me love to a point you can’t even imagine. It’s often what happens in these countries: either they hate you, or they adore you," he confided to RMC in 2022. Hervé Renard has maintained good relations with the Royal Moroccan Football Federation (FRMF) which has funded the construction of certain facilities of his Bruno-Metsu sports complex, including an artificial turf.