Didier Deschamps lives his last months at the helm of the French team, he who will see his contract end next July, after the 2026 World Cup. After 14 years spent at the top of French football. The rest for those who should give way to Zinedine Zidane is still blurred at this time.
This Sunday, however, the Bayonnais technician indulged in some confessions at the bend of an interview with TF1 and the Téléfoot program. Then surveyed by journalist Saber Desfarges, the boss of the Blues excluded a step back with the round ball after his lease of national coach.
“” No “, A sabbatical year is not on the program of Didier Deschamps after the summer of 2026. On the other hand, a return to Ligue 1 for the former coach of Monaco (2001-2005) and Marseille (2009-2012) is a possibility. Clearly. “” I don't prohibit myself “, He blows. Before pretending, without convincing, not having any contacts with any interested clubs yet.
Deschamps to succeed Hütter?
The tone then used by the double world champion (as a player in 1998 and as a coach in 2018), and especially his mimicry, will certainly not go unnoticed. A sign that the interested party, who generally leaves nothing to chance, has undoubtedly more anticipated the rest than he claims. Especially since an option could quickly reveal obvious depending on the teachings of the current season.
Resident in Cap-d'Ail, at the border of the Principality of Monaco, Didier Deschamps would undoubtedly embody the ideal candidate to succeed Adi Hütter to the next offseason. Under contract until 2027, the Austrian strategist, in place on the rock since 2023, must imperatively convince in this exercise 2025-2026-under penalty of arriving at the end of the patience of its leaders. Its leaders undoubtedly seduced by the profile of the tricolor conductor.
