Didier Deschamps publicly announced on Wednesday that he would leave his position as coach at the end of the 2026 World Cup. At the end of his current contract, and after fourteen years spent on the bench of the France team, “DD” will give up a place that Zinedine Zidane has long coveted. While waiting to know the rest of the story, some saw in this anticipated announcement a sort of transmission from one to the other.
Often opposed by the media, would Zinedine Zidane and Didier Deschamps have combined perfectly at the time? For Philippe Sanfourche, the second in any case made the right gesture for the first. “Didier Deschamps twists the necks of many of his critics. Because somehow, by making this decision so early, it makes it easier for everyone. We have heard a lot in recent months, in recent years, from observers, not the least of whom say (…): ‘Didier Deschamps won’t let go of the baby, if only so as not to give it to Zidane’. »
A decisive pass?
And the journalist from RTL to continue: “There, it’s a decisive pass that he makes to Zidane since he sends him a message: ‘In the next eighteen months, if you commit yourself elsewhere, you know it fully. I’ll give you the timing and you can organize yourself accordingly.. » It would therefore indeed be a sort of voluntary gift from the former of one 1998 world champion to another.
Waiting for the position since his departure from Real Madrid in the summer of 2021, Zinedine Zidane will still have to be patient and will also have to convince the president of the French Football Federation to choose him over other potential candidates.
