It is the coach who confirms it himself this Wednesday on TF1: he will not play overtime with the France team.
On the set of Marie-Sophie Lacarrau, Didier Deschamps announces that the World Cup played in the summer of 2026 will be his last major competition at the head of the Blues, his contract coming to an end.
This time it is “very clear” in his head: Didier Deschamps, 56 years old, will not extend his mission beyond what is provided for in the contract which binds him to the FFF.
I am scheduled until 2026, it will stop there because it has to at some point.
Didier Deschamps, at 1 p.m. on TF1 on January 8, 2024
Two years ago, almost to the day, the coach saw his lease renewed at the head of the Blues until 2026. Twenty days earlier, he had just lost to Argentina in the World Cup final in Qatar. His mandate renewed, he notably led the French team into the last four of Euro 2024 and, next March, will launch the qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup. But if “DD” manages to qualify for the World Cup co-organized in Canada, the United States and Mexico, it is there that his adventure in Blue will end: “I have been here since 2012. I am scheduled until 2026, the next World Cup, but it will stop there because it has to at some point. In my head, it is very clear”he assures this Wednesday on the set of 1 p.m. on TF1 as part of the next campaign of Operation Yellow Pieces, alongside Brigitte Macron.
I served my time with the same passion to maintain the French team at the highest level.
Didier Deschamps on TF1
Started fourteen years ago, following his former France 98 teammate Laurent Blanc, Didier Deschamps' record in Blue is already historic: three participations in a World Cup for two finals (2018 and 2022) and one coronation (2018). ), a victory in the Nations League (2021). All this coupled with record longevity (in progress): 160 matches at the head of the France team. And there are still a few lines, and not the least, to write. Always with the same determination: “I served my time with the same desire, the same passion to maintain the French team at the highest level. We never want it to stop when there is something beautiful, but we also have to know how to say 'stop'. There is a life after, and if I don’t know what it will be like, it will be very good too”continues the Basque tactician who will return to the Blues bench on March 20 in Split, for a shock against Croatia in the Nations League.
