Didier Deschamps announced the future end of his adventure with the France team. The players and captain Kylian Mbappé were not aware of this, but that is understandable.
Since Monday afternoon, Didier Deschamps announced that he would put an end to his adventure in the French team after 14 years of presence, having arrived in 2012. In a program recorded in advance with Brigitte Macron, the coach national has announced that it will stop after the 2026 World Cup in America. It was only on Wednesday in the 1 p.m. news that the information was revealed by TF1, which gave Didier Deschamps time to discuss this obviously sensitive subject with some French football leaders or even players. But everyone discovered the news when the first leaks were seen on Tuesday evening.
A non-event for Deschamps
There is a reason for this, reveals Le Parisien this Thursday. Indeed, if Kylian Mbappé and the executives of the Blues were not warned, it is not for the sake of a “scoop”, to dismiss them or out of contempt, but simply because Didier Deschamps considered that this information had not not of great importance. This does not change anything for the next 18 months when he will be the coach of the France team, and the World Cup will be prepared in the same way. Thus, according to the Ile-de-France newspaper, the coach is even surprised by the noise made by this announcement, and for him there was no discussion to go beyond 2026, and his stopping at that time therefore has nothing surprising. A “non-event” in his eyes, even if Didier Deschamps likes to play his best role, like in a press conference when he says that he is not aware of certain information to better kick in.
The message nevertheless got through, and Kylian Mbappé, who is still officially the captain of the France team, should not therefore feel offended at not having been taken into the confidence.
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