Following an article relayed by the national media about Hervé Renard's exit after the 2018 World Cup in Russia, the Atlas Lions' current manager shut down the rumors in a statement reported by RMC Sport. «In order to immediately cut short the unfounded rumors and speculation reported by certain medias today, I say calmly but strongly: 'I am very, very well with Morocco!», responded the French coach and former football player. These rumors have gone viral only two months before the international competition the thing he highly criticized. «At the moment I am only preoccupied by the desire to achieve the best journey possible during this World Cup in Russia, which the Moroccan people have been waiting 20 years for. Nothing or nobody can take away our will to put all of our assets into achieving it.» For the record, several local media outlets wrote that Hervé Renard would leave Morocco after the 2018 World Cup, after receiving calls from the Algerian and the Emirati football federations.
