Didier Deschamps will not go beyond 2026 with the French team

Didier Deschamps will not seek a new extension. Whatever the course of the French team during the next World Cup (for which it has not yet qualified), the coach will cease his functions at the end of his contract, in 2026. That is to say fourteen years after taking over. of function, replacing Laurent Blanc, at the end of Euro 2012.

According to our information, he will announce it this Wednesday, on the 1 p.m. news on TF1, during a cross-interview with Brigitte Macron as part of the yellow coin operation. In fact, Deschamps (56 years old) had made his decision several months ago but he believes that the time has come to make it official to finally close the debate around his future. And look forward calmly to the two deadlines that await the Blues: the Nations League this year and, above all, the World Cup which will take place in the United States, Mexico and Canada.