PARIS: The French Soccer Federation (FFF) will maintain a information convention on Jul 28 to unveil the subsequent coach of the nationwide workforce, the governing physique mentioned on Thursday (Jul 23).
Zinedine Zidane, though not named within the FFF assertion, is the overwhelming favorite to succeed Didier Deschamps as France head coach.
Zidane, 54, has lengthy been seen because the main candidate for the function and has been ready for a possibility to take cost of the nationwide workforce for a number of years.
He’s anticipated to interchange Deschamps, whose tenure started in 2012 and ended on Saturday after France finished fourth on the 2026 World Cup.
Zidane has not held a training function since his second spell at Actual Madrid ended 5 years in the past however has by no means hidden his ambition to in the future handle France.
He’s set to observe within the footsteps of former worldwide team-mates Laurent Blanc, who coached the nationwide aspect from 2010 to 2012, and Deschamps.
The previous France playmaker, who received the 1998 World Cup and the 2000 European Championship as a participant, has coached just one membership, Actual Madrid.
Throughout his time with the Spanish giants, he led them to 3 consecutive Champions League titles in 2016, 2017 and 2018, an unprecedented achievement within the competitors’s fashionable period.
