Zidane is running out of opportunities to lead the French team.

Coach Didier Deschamps, the current head coach of the French team, was unable to successfully defend the World Cup with the French team when they were defeated by Argentina in the penalty shootout in the final on December 18.

The future of this 54-year-old strategist is still unclear after the tournament in Qatar. He once admitted that he is still uncertain if he will continue to accompany the national team or not.

The future of coach Deschamps is still unclear after the 2022 World Cup.

According to L'Équipe, Deschamps will have a meeting with Noel Le Graet, the president of the French Football Federation, in January 2023 to discuss and make an official decision. But if Deschamps decides to stay, he will sign a contract until 2026 with "Les Bleus".

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This means that coach Zidane is once again waiting, at least 3 more years, for the opportunity to lead the national team.

L'Équipe newspaper revealed that Noel Le Graet's change made the former Real Madrid coach disappointed, due to many information that the French Football Federation reached a preliminary agreement with him before the 2022 World Cup started.

Zidane is said to be disappointed with the FFF's change.

Also because of the above preliminary agreement, coach Zidane has repeatedly rejected the invitation to lead the top European clubs during the summers of 2021 and 2022, including Paris Saint-Germain, Manchester United, and even Juventus, to wait for the opportunity to come from his home football federation. Zizou also did not hesitate to share that leading the national team is the biggest dream of his coaching career.

According to L'Équipe, Zidane lost patience and was not ready to wait for the chance to take over the hot seat of his national team. Instead of waiting, he will seriously consider returning to lead a club in Europe.

According to the Daily Mail, if the 1998 World Cup winner returns to club-level football, the French manager will prioritize moving to a familiar league like Serie A or La Liga instead of the Premier League.

Zidane prefers to coach a team from La Liga or Serie A.

Also regarding Deschamps, L'Equipe revealed that the real relationship between this coach and Karim Benzema is not good. The fact that France intends to keep coach Deschamps is said to be the reason why the 35-year-old striker announced his retirement from international football on December 19.

16 years ago, Zidane retired after losing the 2006 World Cup final against Italy. After retirement, he was back at Real Madrid to work in the club's academy, then became one of the coaching assistants of coach Carlo Ancelotti in his first spell. In 2016, Zidane was appointed as Real's head coach in order to replace Rafa Benitez.

Zidane won the Champions League with Real Madrid.

As a club head coach, he is regarded as one of the most successful managers, having led Real Madrid to three consecutive UEFA Champions League titles from 2016 to 2018, a feat that no other coach has achieved since the tournament was renamed in 1992. Besides the European glory, the French legend also helped Los Blancos claim 2 La Liga titles in 2017 and 2020.

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