Didier Deschamps, current coach of the French football team, will cease his duties in 2026, after the 2026 World Cup in the United States. Guest of RTL this Friday January 10, 2025, Brigitte Macron admits that she “was not at all aware” of the announcement by the boss of the Blues.
The president of the Hospital Foundation says she learned the news during her joint interview with Didier Deschamps on TF1’s 1 p.m. news, as part of the “Yellow Pieces” operation. And explains his astonishment at the coach’s announcement: “JI didn’t show it because we were on TV, but I was very surprised.”.
“He came on TF1 at the last moment, we were installed on the set and Marie-Sophie Lacarrau asked him the question. He told her thathe stopped in 2026“, remembers the First Lady.
A sudden and spontaneous announcement, like “the natural man that he is”, according to Brigitte Macron. “I answered because she asked me the question,” Didier Deschamps simply explained, as reported by the wife of the head of state. “I think thathe had made his decision, and he had no reason not to say it“, she finishes.
The end of an era for the French team which will part ways with its coach since 2012. The most capped coach in history, the Blues reached the final of theEuro 2016 (defeat against Portugal) before winning the 2018 World Cup in Russia (victory against Croatia). In 2022, in Qatar, they lost in the World Cup final to Messi’s Argentina.
Before leaving the Blues, Didier Deschamps still has a few goals. The France team must meet Croatia and play the quarter-finals of the League of Nations. For the rest, Ms. Macron jokes about the fact that “he is one of the two men who do not tell me what they will do next”.
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