Didier Deschamps to leave France job: Who could replace 56-year-old after 2026 World Cup?

France manager Didier Deschamps has confirmed that helium volition measurement down from his presumption pursuing the 2026 World Cup.

Reports emerged connected Tuesday evening that the 56-year-old would beryllium announcing his imminent departure successful a televised interrogation connected Wednesday, and helium revealed to TF1 that helium would beryllium ending his aureate spell successful complaint adjacent year.

Deschamps led Les Bleus to their 2nd World Cup rubric successful 2018, 20 years connected from winning the contention arsenic a subordinate astatine the 1998 edition, making him only the 3rd antheral successful history to clinch the World Cup trophy arsenic some a subordinate and manager aft the precocious Franz Beckenbauer and Mario Zagallo.

The erstwhile midfielder - who has been successful complaint of Les Bleus since 2012 - besides led France to UEFA Nations League glory successful 2021, 2 years earlier they suffered an excruciating penalty-shootout nonaccomplishment to Argentina successful the 2022 World Cup final.

Despite that heartbreak successful Qatar, Deschamps signed a declaration extension with the French Football Federation until the extremity of the 2026 World Cup, earlier his broadside mislaid to eventual winners Spain successful the semi-finals of Euro 2024.

Deschamps: 'France stint volition extremity due to the fact that it has to end'

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"I've been present since 2012 and volition stay until 2026 and the adjacent World Cup. But it volition extremity determination due to the fact that it has to. In my mind, it's clear. 2026, it's fine," Deschamps told TF1, arsenic quoted by Get French Football News.

"You ne'er privation thing bully to end, but you person to cognize erstwhile to stop. There is simply a beingness aft this, I don't cognize which one, but it volition beryllium precise bully still. Fourteen years is simply a lot. The astir important is for France to stay connected apical similar it is for respective years."

Previously successful complaint of Monaco, Juventus and Marseille - winning the Ligue 1 rubric with the second successful the 2009-10 play - Deschamps succeeded Laurent Blanc arsenic France brag aft Euro 2012 and reached the quarter-finals of the 2014 World Cup successful his archetypal large tournament.

The 56-year-old past masterminded France's tally to the Euro 2016 final, wherever they were defeated 1-0 by Portugal, earlier Les Bleus conquered Russia astatine the 2018 World Cup with an enthralling 4-2 triumph implicit Croatia successful the showpiece match.

Deschamps has won 105 of his 165 matches successful complaint of France, who instrumentality to enactment successful March erstwhile they conscionable Croatia successful a two-legged Nations League quarter-final, having topped League A Group 2 up of Italy, Belgium and Israel.

Who could regenerate Deschamps arsenic France manager?

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Following confirmation of Deschamps's departure, the reddish carpet volition surely beryllium rolled retired for Zinedine Zidane to yet fulfil his imagination of managing his country.

The erstwhile Real Madrid caput manager has not taken the reins of immoderate squad since leaving Los Blancos for the 2nd clip successful 2021, though helium is not thought to person been abbreviated of offers to instrumentality to management.

Zidane was heavy linked with the Manchester United occupation a mates of years back, successful summation to German giants Bayern Munich and Paris Saint-Germain, but helium has been biding his clip and refusing to unreserved backmost into management.

Zidane is not the lone high-profile unattached caput manager astatine present; Erik 10 Hag, Xavi, Edin Terzic, Massimiliano Allegri are each retired of work, but not since the Romanian Stefan Kovacs successful 1975 person France had a overseas manager.

Zidane has had nary occupation waiting this agelong for the telephone from the FFF, truthful the ex-Real brag should lone beryllium excessively blessed to beryllium choky for different 18 months earlier inheriting the Deschamps throne.

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