This is the big announcement of the week. While he will reach the end of his contract after the 2026 World Cup on the bench of the France team, Didier Deschamps will bow out with the Blues following this deadline. This is what he said at the microphone of TF1, explaining the choices of his departure which will therefore take place after a 14-year mandate with many ups but also downs. Since then, rumors have been rife as to who will take up the torch and one name is unanimous: Zinedine Zidane. Without a club since the end of his second adventure on the Real Madrid bench in 2021, Zizou has always been a natural candidate for the position of France coach. A desire which could therefore come true in 2026 and which would make Pascal Dupraz particularly happy.
At the microphone of RMCthe former Toulouse coach explained that the Zidane choice was obvious: “the advantage with Zidane is that he is praised by everyone, by his peers, the supporters, the whole of France, not the consultants who are just waiting for that, the journalists… It’s obvious. The obvious one after Deschamps is Zidane, quite simply. Zidane, he will take up the gauntlet. He will face the same problems as any coach with the only difference that he is perhaps the most legitimate coach in France since the dawn of time.» It’s difficult to contradict Pascal Dupraz on this one.
