Didier Deschamps He will not renew his contract and will no longer be the French coach, a position he has held since 2012, after the 2026 World Cup, French media announced on Tuesday. Deschamps, 56, won the World Cup in Russia in 2018 and was a finalist four years later in Qatar.
The coach, who also won the 1998 World Cup as captain of the French team, will make his decision official tomorrow, Wednesday, in a television program in which Brigitte Macron, wife of the current French president, is also participating, according to ‘L ‘Equipment’.
In 2026, Deschamps He will complete 14 years at the head of France, becoming one of the longest-serving European coaches at the head of a national team, trailing figures such as Joachim Low (15 years in Germany) and Morten Olsen (also 15 for Denmark).
The former midfielder Olympique de Marseille and of Juventus Turin his credit as a coach, in addition to the 2018 World Cup and the 2022 runners-up, a final of European Cup lost at home earlier Portugal in 2016. He also raised a League of Nations in 2021, where he lost Spain.
During his nearly 13-year tenure, during which he replaced Laurent Blanc after a Euro 2012 quarterfinal loss to Espanyol, Deschamps has had to manage some tense moments, such as the 2015 affair Mathieu Valbuena for whom Karim Benzema He was convicted as an accessory to attempted blackmail.
The French coach also survived the fall in 2023 of Noel Le Graetthe president of the French Federation who hired him in 2012. Le Graët resigned after a series of accusations of moral and sexual harassment
Source: La Verdad
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