After ten years at the head of the Blues, will Didier Deschamps still remain coach?
Out of contract at the end of this World Cup in Qatar, cruelly lost in the final (3-3, 4-2 on tab) on Sunday against Argentina, the man who was world champion as a player and then as a coach refused to project themselves into a press conference after this epic encounter.
“I had other questions before on this subject.
I am very sad, like my staff.
I will not give an answer this evening and I would not have given it either in the event of the opposite result.
I will have an appointment with my president at the start of the year and you will know it, ”evaded the person concerned in front of the media.
Today, however, he has all the cards in hand.
The boss of the FFF Noël Le Graët had indicated before the competition that it would be up to “DD” to decide whether or not to stay if he hoisted France at least in the semi-finals in Qatar.
Sunday evening, Didier Deschamps received a call from the foot of weight, that of the President of the Republic Emmanuel Macron, present in Lusail to follow the final of the Blues.
“I want him to continue”
“Of course I asked Didier Deschamps to continue, I want him to continue, explained the Elysée tenant in the mixed zone, who had already been involved in convincing Kylian Mbappé to stay at PSG at the end of the season. last season.
I told him he had to digest.
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According to our information, Didier Deschamps should return at least until Euro 2024 in Germany.
The coach is convinced that he can carry this generation, sublimated by Kylian Mbappé, to a possible European title, which fled him during his two experiences on the bench in this competition in 2016 (final) and in 2021 (eighth final) .
