This Wednesday, January 8, journalists Jean-Baptiste Boursier – happy father of a little girl – and Amal Laoui announced, in The 6/9 of LCI, the end of the era of Didier Deschamps as coach of the France team after the 2026 World Cup, whatever the outcome of the competition. An exclusive announcement from the TF1 group that the former Football player made during the interview in which he participated with Brigitte Macron, carried out by Marie-Sophie Lacarrau on the occasion of the launch of the Yellow Pieces operation – of which he is the godfather – and which will be broadcast this Wednesday at noon in the 1 p.m. news.
“I’ve done my time“: Didier Deschamps announces that he will leave his post as coach after the Football World Cup in 2026
“I’m not here to make an announcement but it will be 2026…“, we hear Didier Deschamps declare in Marie-Sophie Lacarrau’s 1 p.m. news, probably in response to one of the questions from the journalist who denies waiting for an announcement: “No, share your desire with us…“. “No but hey, I’ve been here since 2012, I’m scheduled until 2026, the next World Cup, but it will stop there because it has to stop at some point“, however, replied the coach of the France team, to the surprise of the journalist: “Oh will you stop? Will it be over?“. “In my head yes, it’s very clear“, answers Didier Deschamps. “Well, is that an announcement?!“, exclaims his interlocutor. “Yes, it can be, even if I’m not here for that but there you go. I did my time too, with the same desire, the same passion to maintain the French team at the highest level.but 2026 is very good“, concluded the former footballer.
Didier Deschamps, a record for longevity as coach of the French football team
“Why not more when we have had such great victories, such good moments?“, legitimately questions Marie-Sophie Lacarrau. “We never want it to stop when it’s a beautiful thing but we also have to know how to say stop. There is a life after, I don’t know what it will be like but it will be very good too. To have already been, as many years as I have been, to go until 2026, that will be 14 years; that’s a lot too“, replied Didier Deschamps, sure of his choice. “Well it’s a record, a longevity record in France“, added the journalist. “Yes, yes, oh, I’m not here for the records but it’s mainly for the demands, and the most important thing is that the French team remains at the top as it has been for many years“, assured the coach, modestly. “I understand, but it will be emphasized“, the journalist still insisted. A longevity record crowned with several victories for the French football team: the 2018 World Cup, the 2021 Nations League, the finals of Euro 2016 and the World Cup. world 2022.
