He rejected PSG, he did not want to listen to offers and now he is at a crossroads. Zinedine Zidane is not certain that he will take the reins of the French team in 2023.
The current coach, Didier Deschamps, who ended his contract on Sunday, did not want to give any clues about his future after the defeat against Argentina and confirmed a meeting in January with Noël Le Graet, president of the French Football Federation, to discuss a possible renewal.
In fact, Deschamps can unilaterally decide to continue after reaching the semifinals of the World Cup.
It is the agreement reached with the French Football Federation and confirmed by the coach himself when he beat England in the quarterfinals. However, the defeat against Argentina, cruel in its outcome, forced him to take some time to reflect.
In this regard, the newspaper L’Équpe reported this Monday that Didier Deschamps’s intentions are to continue, but that he would press for the link to be extended until the 2026 World Cup and not only until the 2024 Euro Cup, as the Federation had been considering in recent days.
His agent, Jean-Pierre Bernès, acknowledged in RMC Sport that his client has the upper hand when it comes to deciding. Meanwhile, Zidane waits crouched on the horizon.
The man from Marseille has between his eyebrows directing the French team, but it does not depend on him, but on Deschamps, who must make a decision at the beginning of the year so that the French Football Federation can organize the future of the World Cup finalist.
Deschamps was able to enlarge his legend this Sunday, but Argentina avoided him in the penalty shootout. Since he replaced Blanc as France coach, his resume is extraordinary.
He reached the final of the 2016 Euro Cup, where he lost against Portugal after extra time after having touched glory with a Gignac stick, he won the 2018 World Cup with overwhelming superiority, he was also champion in the 2021 Nations League and touched glory in the World Cup final in Qatar. Now, the future is in his hands and he will announce his choice in early 2023. (D)
Source: Eluniverso
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