The 2026 World Cup will be the last competition that Didier Deschamps will spend on the sidelines of the France team. Unless there is any surprise, Zinédine Zidane should succeed him as national coach next summer.
Like practically all French people, Karim Benzema is in favor of this idea. “I believe he has everything to become the coach. He proved it at Real Madrid. At the moment there is another coach but I think Zizou is number one,” declared the Al-Ittihad center forward during a
long interview given to Ace.
When asked about a possible return to the Rooster jersey, Karim Benzema did not completely rule out the idea. “The selection is a little far away, but you never know, he confessed. I focus on what I have now. »
Benzema and the Blues, a complicated story
The former Real Madrid player announced his international retirement on December 19, 2022. The day before, the France team lost in the final of the 2022 World Cup, against Argentina.
A competition for which Didier Deschamps had initially summoned him in his list of 26 elements. Victim of a muscle tear in his left quadriceps during Blues training,
he had left the group without playing the slightest match.
