Criticized like never before since last summer, Didier Deschamps put an end to speculation. If he is determined to continue his role until the 2026 World Cup, the coach of the France team will not go beyond that. The Basque announced this during an interview given to 1 p.m. on TF1 as part of the launch of the Yellow Pieces operation.
The former Marseillais had previously informed his president, Philippe Diallo, who now has eighteen months to find his successor. Questioned in the columns of L’Equipe, the boss of the FFF obviously took all the usual precautions on the question of his succession. “I will not enter into this debate, he confided. Didier has two years of contract and, out of respect for him, his staff and the players, the question of his succession does not arise today. »
Zinedine Zidane, “ one of the monuments of French football »
Philippe Diallo nonetheless said all the good things he thought of Zinedine Zidane, seen as the natural successor to his former teammate with the Blues. Without a club since the end of his adventure with Real Madrid in 2021, the Marseillais has for several years no longer hidden his wish to find the France team in the coach’s suit. “It is one of the monuments of French football and world football. It was he who contributed to this first star on our jersey. I have a lot of respect and admiration for one of the greatest players in the history of football,” he said of him.
The FFF boss also commented on his success on the Real Madrid bench, his time at the head of the Merengue having concluded with no less than eleven trophies, including three Champions Leagues in a row. “I saw that he had very high quality results with Real Madrid,” Diallo soberly notes. “He has already won the most beautiful trophy, the Champions League, several times. So, he also demonstrated the extent of his talent there”he stressed
