France coach Didier Deschamps says he’ll leave after FIFA World Cup 2026

Deschamps, who led France to the FIFA World Cup rubric successful 2018, volition measurement distant aft the 2026 variation successful North America.

France’s FIFA World Cup-winning manager Didier Deschamps has announced that helium volition permission his station aft the 2026 variation of the tournament.

Deschamps led France to World Cup glory successful Russia successful 2018 and guided them to the last of the 2022 World Cup successful Qatar wherever they mislaid to Lionel Messi’s Argentina connected penalties.

“It volition beryllium 2026,” Deschamps told French broadcaster TF1. “I person been determination since 2012, it is planned that I volition beryllium determination until 2026 … the adjacent World Cup.

“It volition extremity determination due to the fact that it has to extremity astatine immoderate point. It’s wide successful my mind.

“I person done my time, with the aforesaid desire, the aforesaid passionateness to support the France squad astatine the highest level, but 2026 is good.”

The Les Bleus person yet to suffice for the 2026 World Cup.

The 56-year-old started successful his relation arsenic a successor to Laurent Blanc and is France’s longest-serving nationalist squad coach.

Having had won trophies with each nine helium managed earlier becoming France coach, Deschamps besides claimed the 2021 Nations League rubric with Les Bleus.

As a player, helium captained France erstwhile they won the 1998 World Cup connected location soil, defeating Brazil successful the final.

He is 1 of lone 3 men to person won the World Cup some arsenic a subordinate and arsenic a manager – the different two, Mario Zagallo of Brazil and Germany’s Franz Beckenbauer, some died past year.