It is the dream of many supporters of the France team. Seeing Zinedine Zidane, free since his departure from Real Madrid in 2021, succeed Didier Deschamps as coach is a subject that regularly comes up on the table. After each poor performance of the Blues, the name of “Zizou” is cited by the detractors of “DD”, tired of his style of play often considered too defensive, too cautious.
But would the former French number 10 be the right candidate to take over from the double world champion, as a player in 1998 then as coach in 2018? Ex-soldier of the Basque technician at OM, where he notably won the title of French champion in 2010, Souleymane Diawara thinks not. Not that “ZZ” wouldn’t be capable of it, but for him, the timing wouldn’t be right.
Zidane? “For now, no”
“As long as there are results, I am for stability. Because whoever is going to replace Deschamps there, frankly, I wish him good lucksays the former Senegalese defender in the show Top Stream on YouTube. It’s going to be very hard (to pass after him), we must not forget everything he did. That’s why, as someone who really likes ‘Zizou’, I don’t want him to join the French team right away. »
And the ex-Marseillais continues: “I don’t want to because if he does less well, everyone will fall on him. You know how journalists are. Even if he has almost infinite credit, there will come a time when, football, you know how it is: today you are here (up) and the next day you are there (down). So for now, ‘Zizou’, no. If Deschamps leaves, we have to leave someone else, let him get boxed. Because people will be waiting for him around the corner. »
