L Equipe: Jeddah United intend to invite France coach Didier Deschamps to coach after next year s World Cup

November 11 According to L’Equipe, the Saudi club Jeddah United hopes to invite Deschamps, the current head coach of the French team, to coach. Deschamps himself confirmed last Thursday that he had indeed been approached by a Saudi club in recent weeks.

"Team" revealed that this club is Jeddah United where Benzema and Kanter play. Before the club appointed current coach Conceição, it had already been looking for a successor for then coach Blanco and made inquiries to Deschamps, hoping that he would take over after the World Cup next June. The article stated that Conceicao is currently in a delicate situation in Saudi Arabia and has not changed Jeddah United’s contact plan.

However, Deschamps is currently fully focused on France's World Cup campaign. He will be free after the World Cup.

Deschamps made his future stance clear in the interview: he will not prohibit himself from accepting anything, but the only option he has ruled out is coaching another national team. He is open to the Saudi league, which he believes is good enough for players to be selected for the national team.

The main obstacle to signing Deschamps is time. Jeddah United will have to wait until the end of France's World Cup schedule next July for him to take office.