This is a page that is about to be turned. Appointed at the head of the French team in July 2012 at Place de Laurent Blanc, Didier Deschamps announced at the start of the year that he would leave his post as coach of the Blues at the end of the 2026 World Cup.
His departure, “DD” said he did not want to retire and be open to new club opportunities, he who has already trained Monaco, Juventus and OM. “” I stop, but I'm certainly not retired. (…) I don't close a door, I will be availablenible. But I have nothing in mind for the moment. Depending on the proposals, I will choose. I do not forbid anything, ”he said last February.
Declarations that have not fallen into the ears of a deaf … According to Sky Sport Swiss information, the Saudi investment fund (PIF) would have contacted Didier Deschamps in order to probe it on the possibility of joining a Saudi Pro League club after the 2026 World Cup.
Deschamps opens the door to Saudi Arabia
These first discussions were intended to take the temperature from the tricolor coach and thus know if he would be interested in experience in Saudi Arabia in the future. A contact that would have been appreciated by Didier Deschamps.
If he would have said for the time being fully focused on his latest less at the head of the French team, with this 2026 World Cup online, the ex-Coach of Juventus would have been ” nevertheless flattened “, According to the Swiss media. He would therefore have left the door open to the Saudi government for future collaboration.
