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While Didier Deschamps marked the end of his adventure on the bench of the France team at the end of the 2026 World Cup, the name of Zinedine Zidane stands out to succeed him.
A page will be turned at the end of the 2026 World Cup. After fourteen years at the head of the Blues, Didier Deschamps will indeed leave his position as coach of the France team. The former midfielder should confirm it this midday during a visit to the 1 p.m. news set on TF1. At the end of his contract in 2026 and increasingly criticized, the Basque technician will not seek a new mandate at the head of the Blues.
Didier Deschamps’ decision appears logical in view of the complicated recent months experienced by the double world champion and the controversy triggered by his extension at the end of the 2022 World Cup. “It’s still good to have confirmation (laughs). It’s a wise decision, between a non-event and a decision that we expected”confided Christophe Dugarry to this effect at the microphone of RMC.
“Obviously we all hope that it will be him after 2026”
“I’m not in his head. But I want to say that it will allow him to work peacefully for two years, to make his own decisions without being more heckled than he already is, he added. I think he also understood public opinion which likes Deschamps, who adores Deschamps, who thanks Deschamps, who thinks he is an excellent coach and I am not far from sharing this opinion. »
The announcement of the upcoming departure of Didier Deschamps obviously raises the question of his successor. And unsurprisingly, one name stands out, that of Zinedine Zidane, without a club since the end of his adventure on the Real Madrid bench, in spring 2021. “I haven’t sent anything at all and I won’t send anything (to Zidane). But of course we all hope that it will be him after 2026. But it is his choice and it will be linked to discussions with him, he commented. But it’s a wish that I have, a personal wish that I’ve had for a long time. I hope it happens one day. It will be in 2026, I hope so from the bottom of my heart. »
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