Government to launch enquiry

25 June 2010 20:30

France captain Patrice Evra has revealed an enquiry is to be opened by the French government into Les Bleus' disastrous World Cup campaign.

The squad flew back from South Africa on Thursday following a dismal performance where they mustered a solitary point from three games and gained notoriety for a training ground boycott in protest at the decision by the French Football Federation (FFF) to send home Nicolas Anelka following a bust-up with coach Raymond Domenech.

"An investigation will be opened by the ministry and all the players will be heard," Evra told TF1. "Each one of us will say what they experienced and will say the truth."

Following France's exit Evra promised to spill all the details of their troubled time in South Africa.

However, he insists it is still not the time for his potentially explosive revelations.

"It's not the time to stoke up the pain of all the French people," he continued. "It's not today that you have to attack whoever it may be.

"No-one is clear-headed enough to say what really happened because the scar is still open and we are all hurting at the present time.

"We are all upset and beaten, but we have to lift our heads up and look to the future."

Source: PA