It’s the worst kept secret in the world: Zinédine Zidane dreams of leading the France team. And with the latest decision of Didier Deschamps, who announced that he would leave his position at the end of his contract in June 2026, the door seems wide open for ZZ. Yesterday, Noël Le Graët still left doubts surrounding the intentions of the former Real Madrid coach to succeed Deschamps. But this Thursday on RMCChristophe Dugarry wanted to make things clear.
“But you think he’s afraid of not doing as well as Deschamps? You don’t know Zizou well, stopsaid Dugarry, before continuing on the future of ZZ. He’s not afraid of the challenge, he’s not afraid of getting wet, or of failure, it’s a childhood dream for him (to coach the Blues, editor’s note), like wearing the jersey. If he still wants to coach France? But obviously, that’s why when I read Le Graët say that he doubted Zidane’s interest… But fortunately we fired that one. You realize that he was president of the Federation, and he didn’t know that Zizou wanted to become coach, but man…»
