Didier Deschamps ended the suspense over his future by revealing the date of his departure. The door will open in the summer of 2026 for Zinedine Zidane, but is the former Real Madrid coach still interested?
Master of time and his future, Didier Deschamps took everyone on the wrong foot by taking advantage of his presence on the set of the TF1 news on the occasion of the Yellow Pieces to make a huge announcement on the date of his departure from the French team. Under contract with the FFF until the 2026 World Cup, Didier Deschamps will not go beyond. Negotiations will be able to begin to find out who will succeed him in a year and a half, even if one name unsurprisingly comes up repeatedly at the start of the week. Zinedine Zidane is the huge favorite to succeed Didier Deschamps, the former Real Madrid coach waiting for the position for a long time. But by waiting, is “Zizou” still with the aim of becoming coach of the Blues?
Le Graët throws confusion on the Zidane track
The question arises and there is no evidence according to Noël Le Graët, former boss of the French Football Federation, interviewed on this subject by RMC. “Who after Deschamps? I don't know, frankly, that's up to the executive committee. So much happens in two years. Who will be the starting players? What form will the players be in? What will be the possible game plan depending on the quality of the players who are now above the rest? So it's too early to talk about it, it's the Comex which will decide. The French see Zidane? This is not new, it is not a scoop. A good choice? I don't really know if he's really interested, I haven't had any contact with him. But it’s the job of those who are in place” warned Noël Le Graët, for whom you should already ask Zinedine Zidane if the position interests him before imagining him at the head of the French team.
And there is real doubt on this subject according to the ex-boss of the FFF, very close to Didier Deschamps. Without a club for more than three years and his departure from Real Madrid, the three-time winner of the Champions League is in any case the natural favorite to become the new coach of the French team in the summer of 2026, which so many French supporters have been waiting for years.
