His opinion on the issue is necessarily expected. In a long interview with the Magazine Team published this Wednesday, Kylian Mbappé talks about the succession of Didier Deschamps, who formalized his departure at the end of his contract after the 2026 World Cup. And necessarily, the name of Zinedine Zidane quickly occurs in the exchange.
“With him, no need to make it complicated. It’s Zidane. No one is going to say no. It is only he who can, underlines the captain of the Blues, world champion in 2018. If it’s him, ok! And if it’s another, ok too. But he is the only one in the history of French football that has almost all rights. »»
But talking about the future coach also leads to looking into the last months of the man who has headed the Blues since 2012, Didier Deschamps. “I want to go to the end with him,” said Real Madrid striker, now the only second top scorer in the history of the French team after his realization against Iceland on Tuesday.
Deschamps “left an indelible mark”
“The coach left an indelible mark in the history of the French team and it is an event for sure that it is The last of Didier Deschamps at the head of the French teamexplains Kylian Mbappé. You want to win it because it is the World Cup, not because it is the last of Didier Deschamps. If we can give him this gift, with pleasure, because it is a living legend, but the World Cup is the World Cup … “
Well left to qualify for the 2026 World Cup after two successes on Ukraine and Iceland in qualifying, the Tricolores will dream of a new coronation if they cross the Atlantic to go and play this World Cup in three countries (Canada, United States, Mexico). Based on a tricolor team whose qualities he evokes.
“The most talented, yes. The strongest, not yet. The one with the most potential, yes, he believes. He is infinite. At all positions, it plays the best clubs in the world. There is only. But as a team, we are not even stronger than the team that was world champion in 2018, than the one who is final in 2022. Does this team have the potential to be the best team? 100 %. Will it be … it’s up to us. We must have ambition with players of this quality. »»
