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Journalist
Passionate about sport, cinema and television (on screen and behind) since his childhood, Bernard has been a journalist for 10 Sport since 2018. More skilled with the keyboard in hand than with the ball on his feet, he decides to mainly cover a beloved sport, criticized and hated at the same time (football) and a sport that is not one (wrestling).
Didier Deschamps announced that he would not return to the head of the France team. His departure at the end of the 2026 World Cup is now confirmed, which could finally allow Zinedine Zidane to arrive, he who has been patient since his departure from Real Madrid in 2021. A scenario in which Jean-Michel Larqué does not really believe.
There will be no fifteenth year for Didier Deschamps at the head of the French team. The French coach, appointed in 2012, announced in the 13H they TF1 that he would leave the place at the end of the 2026 World Cup. I’ve been here since 2012, I’m scheduled until 2026, the next World Cup. It will stop there because it has to stop there at some point. In my head, it’s very clear. I served my time with the same desire, the same passion to maintain the French team at the highest level. But 2026 is very good », indicated the former player of loon.
Deschamps is going to leave, finally Zidane’s time?
All eyes are now on Zinedine Zidanewho has been waiting for the place to become available for a long time. “ I want to, of course. I will be, I hope, one day. When ? It doesn’t depend on me. But I want to come full circle with the French team. I knew this French team as a player. And it’s the most beautiful thing that’s ever happened to me! », Confided in 2022 the former coach of Real Madrid in an interview given to The Team. If this appointment seems inevitable, Jean-Michel Larque For his part, he believes in another scenario.
“I would almost bet that it won’t be Zidane,”
« The future coach will perhaps be Zidane, I don’t know. I would almost bet it won’t be him », estimates the consultant of RMC In l’After Footnow wondering about the coming months in selection: “ What is certain is that during the next gatherings of the French team, we will incidentally talk about the team composition, the match. We’re only going to talk about that. This risks disrupting the game, especially during the final phase. (…) In the current context of French football, Deschamps will remain the coach with the best track record, whatever the result in 2026. »
