Didier Deschamps is fixed on his future. At least in part. Thanks to the good campaign achieved by the France team during the 2026 World Cup qualifiers, the French coach knows that he will keep his position until next July. For him, even if the risk was limited in a group made up of Ukraine, Iceland and Azerbaijan, the adventure could have ended sooner if the Blues did not qualify.
Who will succeed him? If the president of the FFF, Philippe Diallo, tries to maintain the suspense, everything suggests that Zinedine Zidane will be the next to sit on the A bench. The 1998 world champion has said it several times, he
” dream “ of this costume. The other candidates are missing and it is hard to imagine the Federation doing without him. A scenario which delights in advance a former teammate of “Zizou” in the French team, Frank Leboeuf.
For him, replacing “DD” with “ZZ” will be “a big change”. But the ex-defender still wants to warn the one who has been without a club since his departure from Real Madrid in May 2021.
“The task promises to be difficult for Zinedine Zidane, because the level is very highhe says on the British site OLBG.com. Didier Deschamps has evolved at an exceptional level: two World Cup finals, a victory, a Euro final. »
Zinedine Zidane warned
“He put the national team among the best in the worldcontinues Frank Leboeuf. Since 1998, we have played in four World Cup finals. Zidane will therefore have to do even better to be accepted, and that will be a major challenge. But we know his talent. He demonstrated it at Real Madrid, and we know his love of football and the selection. So I want to believe that he will succeed Deschamps and that he will succeed brilliantly. »
And the former Chelsea and OM player concluded:
“He is an icon, a true legend of football, of French football. If he succeeds, it will be an ideal choice for me. » No one doubts it, at least for the moment. But it is indeed good to recall the service records of Didier Deschamps which will be difficult to forget. Once the excitement of his appointment has passed, Zinedine Zidane will be judged on his results. With Euro 2028 as the first exam.
