According to newspaper information The Team as well as other media, and subsequently confirmed by theAFPDidier Deschamps will leave the France team at the end of his current contract, which takes him until the end of the 2026 World Cup. He should announce it this Wednesday on the 1 p.m. television news from TF1.
Still according to the sports daily, the coach of the Blues made this decision several months ago, and he wishes to announce it early in the year to approach more calmly the deadlines which await the Blues this year: the League of Nations, with a quarter-final in March against Croatia, and qualification for the 2026 World Cup (in the United States and Canada). The playoffs will take place from March 2025 to March 2026.
Most capped coach of the Blues
“I don’t want to continue for the sake of continuing. It's not a driving force for me. An extension? This is not current, I have a contract until 2026, there is no discussion”Deschamps already declared on the 1stis September on Téléfoot.
He arrived after Euro 2012, replacing Laurent Blanc. The 56-year-old Basque is the man of all records with the French team: after having shone as a player with 103 caps, including 54 as captain, he became the most capped coach of the Blues, with 165 matches on the bench. And he won the World Cup with both caps, in 1998 and 2018. Before a new and final coronation in 2026?
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