Philippe Diallo assures, Wednesday, that he will prepare the succession of Didier Deschamps “with discretion but efficiency.”
Published on 08/01/2025 14:51
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“I don’t want to rush things”sweeps Philippe Diallo, president of the French Football Federation, questioned, Wednesday January 8, on franceinfo on the potential appointment of Zinédine Zidane at the head of the French team to succeed Didier Deschamps after 2026.
“Zinédine Zidane, through his career as a player, through what he brought to the French team, through his role as coach at Real Madrid where he won several Champions Leagues, is an enormous monument of French and international football “, he points out, adding that he “don’t want [se] enter a prediction competition” on the succession of Didier Deschamps which he plans to prepare “in discretion but efficiency.”
The coach of the French football team since 2012 announced on Tuesday his departure after the 2026 World Cup. “He still has 17 months to take us to the top of the competitions in which we will participate”recalls Philippe Diallo.
The president of the FFF would like to welcome “the responsibility of Didier Deschamps”, remembering that it is “perhaps the coach who has the best track record at the head of the Blues in the history of our football”. Philippe Diallo hopes that Didier Deschamps’ decision will silence the “unfair criticism of the French team or of his person”, even though France is “second team in the world in the FIFA rankings”.
