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The coach of the French Football team Didier Deschamps will leave his position after the 2026 World Cup. “You have to know how to say stop,” he told the 1 p.m. news on TF1. Didier Deschamps has coached the Blues since 2012.
Didier Deschamps will not play overtime with the French football team. The coach of the Blues announces that he will leave his position at the end of the 2026 Football World Cup which will take place in the United States, Canada and Mexico. 2026 corresponds to the end of his contract with the FFF (French Football Federation).
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French team: Didier Deschamps will leave the Blues after the 2026 World Cup
“I have been here since 2012. I am scheduled until 2026, it will stop there because it has to at some point,” explains Didier Deschamps in a recorded interview which will be broadcast on TF1’s 1 p.m. news this Wednesday January 8, on the occasion of the launch of the Yellow Pieces operation alongside Brigitte Macron. DD is sure of his choice which is “very clear” in his head.
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“We never want it to end.”
“I served my time with the same passion to keep the French team at the highest level,” explains Didier Deschamps. Arriving in 2012 following Laurent Blanc, he agreed to extend his contract after Euro 2024. “We never want it to stop when there is a beautiful thing, but you 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.
A golden record
Didier Deschamps will return to the Blues on March 20 in Split, Croatia for France’s match against Croatia in the Nations League. For the 2026 World Cup, France is not yet qualified: the qualifiers will begin next March.
The 56-year-old Basque has a golden track record at the head of the Blues: 160 matches as coach of the France team, three participations in the World Cup for two finals (2018 and 2022), a victory in the World Cup (2018) and a victory in the Nations League (2021).
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