The coach of the France team Didier Deschamps will leave his position at the end of his contract in 2026. This is what the media learned on Tuesday from a source close to the Blues.
The 56-year-old technician, appointed to his position in 2012, will end his long tenure at the end of the 2026 World Cup organized in the United States, Canada and Mexico for which France is not yet qualified.
According to several media, Deschamps should formalize his decision during a cross-interview with Brigitte Macron broadcast in the 1 p.m. news on TF1 on Wednesday as part of the “Pièces Jaunes” operation.
The departure of the coach will close the most glorious chapter in the history of the Blues. Deschamps has built an extraordinary track record at the head of the France team, winning the 2018 World Cup in Russia and the Nations League in 2021, while reaching the finals of Euro 2016 and the 2022 World Cup.
At the end of the final of the last World Cup lost in Qatar against Argentina, the Basque’s contract was extended by four years, a duration which had aroused much criticism at the time. The lackluster play displayed by the French at Euro 2024, despite reaching the semi-finals, had accentuated the debates around the management of the technician.
Before bowing out, however, there is no shortage of objectives for Deschamps. The Tricolores must play the quarter-finals of the League of Nations against Croatia in March. If successful, they will play the “Final Four” of this competition in June before continuing with the qualifications for the next World Cup, the final challenge for the former captain of the Blues, world champion in 1998.
This article was automatically published. Sources: ats / afp
