What will Didier Deschamps do when he is no longer coach of the France team? For the moment, he does not rule out returning to a bench.
Appointed coach of the France A team in July 2012, in place of Laurent Blanc, Didier Deschamps is still in post eleven years later. And he should stay there for another two and a half years, if his lease running until the 2026 World Cup ends. Still as enthusiastic about his current role, the one who took France to the roof of the world in 2018 knows that everything can stop in the event of failure in the next big competition. If he were to leave the selection, he could well return to the bench of a club.
At least he left this exit door open, he who had already said it before, but he confirmed it again this week in the columns of Nice morning. “ Yes, from the moment I did it. » However, and as usual, Didier Deschamps also quickly showed restraint: “ But I don’t ask myself that question today. I don’t know what tomorrow or the day after tomorrow will bring. »
“I will not continue for the sake of continuing”
As for where he would go if he had to swap his role as coach for that of coach, the mystery remains. Last man to have offered the title of French champion to Olympique de Marseille (2010), not sure that “DD” will return to Canebière, especially since the story ended badly at the time. Could he take charge of another Ligue 1 team? Here again, difficult to say because the candidates likely to interest him are not legion (PSG, OL, or an ASM that he has already trained?).
It is perhaps more on the foreign side that he could ultimately pursue his career. In Italy for example, where he has already coached Juventus. Spain or England are also avenues, although less obvious. But Didier Deschamps can also decide to stop everything: “ It will happen at some point. (…) If I have less passion, desire, determination, I will not continue to continue. Even more so for what this blue-white-red jersey represents for me. I consider him professionally, above all else. »
