The end of the adventure is approaching for Didier Deschamps with the French team. Arriving on the Blues bench in 2012, the coach will end his mission after the 2026 World Cup. “I have been here since 2012, I am scheduled until 2026, the next World Cup, but it will stop there because it has to stop at some point”he confided on TF1 at the beginning of January.
To succeed him, Zinedine Zidane seems in pole position. The Madrid legend, without a job since the summer of 2021, recently reaffirmed his ambition to become coach of the Blues. “One of my goals is to coach the French team”“Zizou” recently declared to La Gazzetta dello Sport.
If Zidane’s future seems set, that of Deschamps remains open. What will “DD” do after his French adventure? Questioned this Sunday at the microphone of Téléfootthe coach mentioned contacts abroad. “Contacts with a club in Saudi Arabia? I was able to have contacts. Not especially with them, I’m not going to name names, but they know my situation”he first said.
“I forbid myself anything”
“Fairly regular contacts? You are curious… From the moment I made a decision, and I will not go back on it, it is clear and clear, after the deadlines that are planned, I will be free and I am not forbidding myself anything”responded the coach of the France team, opening the door to the Saudi championship.
Deschamps also put an end to rumors according to which he could remain at the head of the Blues in the event of a world title in the USA 2026, and denied any link with Juventus or the Brazilian selection. The future of the former OM player could therefore well take shape in the Saudi Pro League.
