French team – The coach of the French team will say goodbye to the Blues in 2026. An announcement whose timing, supposed to “free everyone” according to the president of the FFF Philippe Diallo, still raises questions
As insignificant as it is compared to the commemorations of the 2015 attacks and the death of Jean-Marie Le Pen, the announcement of the departure of Didier Deschamps from the French team in 2026 caused January 7, 2025 to fall into emotional bulimia . No one really digested the information until the next morning, proof if necessary that the last dish of the evening served on the French table was one too many. It is also appropriate to invoke morality on the question of the timing chosen: even if she waited 22 hours, the announcement was made on a day of contemplation. You don’t need to be a communications whiz to understand that, ten years after 2015, there was better to do.
The question of timing also inevitably arises in the sporting field. Mainly, even. It comes two years before the end of DD’s contract, which we now know will not be renewed, on the eve of the quarter-finals of the League of Nations – who cares – and in the run-up to the Cup of the world 2026 – we don’t care so much. Two possible futures then emerge: the first where Deschamps loses a locker room under reconstruction, disoriented by this planned departure, and another where(…) Read more on 20minutes
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