Didier Deschamps has denied any involvement in transfer dealings during his spell as coach at Marseille despite accusations to the contrary.
Former Marseille president Jean-Claude Dassier, who was at the helm of the club for Deschamps' first two seasons in charge at the Stade Velodrome, was one of a number of high-profile figures connected to the club who were arrested last week in a probe into alleged illegal payments in transfer dealings.
In an interview with iTele after his release from custody, Dassier alleged current France boss Deschamps, who was OM boss from 2009 to 2012, should give his version of events as he had control of transfers at the time, but the World Cup winner has denied that is the case.
"He passed up a good opportunity to say nothing," Deschamps told TF1. "I was never involved in transfers. Of course, I chose the players as much as was possible, up until the time my president or my presidents told me 'no.' But I never had discussions with anyone at all. That was not within my remit."
Police moved to question Dassier, his predecessor Pape Diouf, and current OM president Vincent Labrune, among others, as part of an investigation into alleged kickbacks and commissions paid in transfers involving the club, notably the 2010 summer arrival of Andre-Pierre Gignac from Toulouse.
Dassier had told iTele that Deschamps -- rather than sporting director Jose Anigo, whose former residence was visited by police last week -- had had the final say over which players arrived at the club and which were let go.
"It was simple at Marseille," Dassier said. "The boss of the sporting side of things was not Jose Anigo as everyone thinks -- that is wrong, as the investigation will show. It was Deschamps who was in charge of sporting affairs. And I think it would be good that he gives some explanations with regard to the way things happened.
"When you have a coach of that quality, it's him and no one else who decides the face of the team -- who should be gotten rid of and who needs to be thought of to reinforce it. It would be interesting for him to give his point of view."