The French team still has a major deadline to live under the leadership of Didier Deschamps. In a year will take place the 2026 World Cup, and from September will start qualifications. Once the competition is spent next summer, the time will have come for the tricolor coach to pass the hand after fourteen years of good and loyal service. Zinedine Zidane is expected to succeed him but nothing is yet officially acquired. However, a rather positive signal has just been sent by the FFF.
President of the French Football Federation, Philippe Diallo knows that the position of coach will be one of the main ones to manage in the coming months. In an interview with Ouest-France This Wednesday, the manager obviously did not avoided a question on the subject. And his answer certainly did not displease Zinedine Zidane. Evoking the barely veiled candidacy of the old number 10 of the Blues, he first declared: “This shows that the French team is very attractive, including for the huge player and coach he was and that he is. So I am delighted that he is interested in joining the Blues. »»
However, Philippe Diallo once again took care to calm the game. “As I have already said, there is a team in place around Didier Deschamps, whose quality and the charts we all know. And I want to let it work in serenity, both for qualifications and the 2026 World Cup. On my side, I will make sure that when the team in place will stop with the French team, another will be ready to take over to allow us to keep very high performance. »»
Diallo does not want to “pollute” the life of the Blues
The appointment is therefore made but the exact date remains to be determined for the official announcement. “I have not yet stopped the date of an ad. I prepare to make sure that we are ready when the time comes. And the federation will be. »» As for revealing possible negotiations already underway with “Zizou” on his potential new mission, the boss of the FFF has still remained voluntarily evasive. “It is not that I am a follower of secrecy but I want to respect the work of people who are in place (…) and not come to pollute it with premature and unwelcome announcements. »»
The French team will therefore be able to remain focused on its target of qualification for the 2026 World Cup. It will have six games on the program between September 5 and November 16, against opponents largely within its reach on paper: Ukraine, Iceland and Azerbaijan.
