It is at the end of the 2026 World Cup – for which the French team must validate its ticket in the coming days against Ukraine and Azerbaijan – that Didier Deschamps will return to his apron as national coach, after 14 years of service. The Bayonne technician does not yet wish to discuss what happens next. But there is no shortage of requests.
“ I was able to have contacts. I’m not going to name any names but they know my situation. From the moment I have made a decision – and I will not go back on it, that is clear and clear – I will be free after the scheduled deadlines and I am not forbidding myself anything », whispered again on Sunday, as part of Téléfoot, the former coach of OM, Monaco and Juve.
Among his suitors, Didier Deschamps admitted it: a great one from Saudi Arabia. Al-Ittihad in this case, the Jeddah club where today players that Didier Deschamps knows well having had them under his command: Karim Benzema, N’Golo Kanté, Houssem Aouar and Moussa Diaby.
Once again in the footsteps of Laurent Blanc
According to L’Equipe, the outgoing Saudi champion has been trying to convince Didier Deschamps for several weeks, even before the departure of Laurent Blanc, his predecessor at the helm of the Blues. The latter had to leave the bench recently to the Portuguese Sergio Conceiçao, who however is already contested at the head of the Black and Yellows.
“ I’m not closing any doors, I’ll be availableinsists Didier Deschamps, who will however continue to advance masked as long as his French mission is not completed. I don’t have anything in mind at the moment. Depending on the proposals, I will choose. I don’t forbid myself anything. I’m not fixed on anything specific. I don’t know and I don’t want to know what my future will hold. That doesn’t concern me. I repeat, I am not closing any door except that of another selection. »
