Laurent Blanc has been embroiled in a sexism row (Picture: Getty)

PSG coach Laurent Blanc has become embroiled in a sexism row after reportedly mocking a female journalist who asked him about tactics.

Blanc was asked about his decision to revert from a 4-4-2 formation to a 4-3-3 by Swedish reporter Johanna Franden, of the Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet newspaper.

But instead of giving his reasons, the former France manager belittled Franden, who follows the fortunes of Sweden captain Zlatan Ibrahimovic for the Swedish press, by suggesting it is ‘beautiful’ for women to be talking about football.

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Johanna Franden covers football for the Aftonbladet newspaper (Picture: Twitter)

‘I mean, women talking football tactics, it’s so beautiful,’ the Paris St-Germain chief told her in a press conference.



‘I think it’s fantastic. You know what 4-3-3 means, don’t you?’

Franden replied by saying that it ‘is my job to know what it means’, before Blanc continued his sarcastic answers.

‘I mean, there’s a lot of ways of playing. Haha – just joking.’

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