On July 8, 2022, Didier Deschamps will celebrate his ten years at the head of the France team. An eternity for a coach and a record in the history of the Blues. Sign of an indelible mark and a remarkable record with of course the coronation of 2018 as a standard, but also a final at Euro 2016 or the recent victory in the League of Nations, not to mention also the failure of the last Euro. With the first World Cup played in winter in Qatar from November 21 to December 18, 2022, for which the world champions must validate their ticket on Saturday with a victory against Kazakhstan, the 53-year-old coach will extend his adventure from a few months to a function which he is very fond of.Before leaving his post at the end of his contract in December 2022 ... or to come back in case of good performance? Asked about this subject in
Le Parisien
this Wednesday on a possible contract extension in case of qualification for the World Cup in the coming days, Noël Le Graët has not changed his posture compared to last summer.
Like an experienced old sage, he waits to see what happens next and lets time do its work.
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It does not change anything
(that the Blues are qualified)
, Didier will make the World Cup and we will see later,
advance the great boss of French football.
We're close enough to discuss it in due course, but it's not in my mind to extend it now, nor in his.
“Since the failure of the Euro and an elimination in the round of 16 against Switzerland, the two men, who really appreciate and respect each other deeply, have agreed to this situation. Before last summer, however, a contract extension was in the pipeline and Didier Deschamps even confessed to us his desire to continue his adventure with the Blues. "
We still have to reckon with me for some time, why not even after 2022
He whispered to us in May.
The underperformance of the Euro has reshuffled the cards since and the president of the FFF is careful not to step forward too much.
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In 2022, it will be 10 years that Didier is a coach, he will not be fifty years in the federation,
specifies Le Graët.
Unless we have a very good World Cup and he tells me: "Christmas, I want to stay".
At that point, it’s not me who will refuse
". Sign of the total confidence of the boss of the 3F towards his technician. Translation: if the France team climbs to the last four in Qatar and everything follows internally, nothing indicates that Didier Deschamps will not be able to continue his reign with the selection. Concerning the main person concerned, his speech also evolves according to the situation. If he no longer officially mentions a contract extension, preferring to focus on qualifying for the World Cup, the former coach of OM, Juventus or Monaco also leaves the door open to a return to the club. Which was not the case a few months ago. Change of state of mind, awareness of an adventure which is soon coming to an end or posture to instill doubt in the head of its president?
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Asked in our columns in Le Figaro in October 2019 on whether his life as a club coach was definitely over, “
DD
” had not evaded the subject. Quite the contrary. “
Right now, yes. Today, I no longer have the same rhythm, the same daily life. It is no longer 24 hours, but shorter, intense periods which require even more requirements. But I can arrange moments of freedom. In a club, you hardly have a life. Vacation, not vacation, you're on the phone all the time… I don't want that anymore.
»Relaunched on what could force him to stop his adventure with the Blues, he had also let some indications filter. "
My choice will be personal and linked to my own passion.
When it is less important, with less requirements, less of everything, it will be time to stop with the France team and move on.
The next few months will lift the veil on a subject that will not fail to be discussed.