France football team manager Didier Deschamps will step down from the role when his current contract expires after the 2026 FIFA World Cup, a source close to the team told news agency AFP.
Deschamps led France to the 2018 World Cup title in Russia, becoming only the third man to win the tournament as both a player and a manager. He was captain when Les Bleus won their first World Cup, on home soil, in 1998.
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He took over from Laurent Blanc in 2012 and has managed the French team to three major finals, losing the Euro 2016 final to Portugal and the 2022 World Cup showdown to Argentina.
The 56-year-old has already set the record for longest-serving France national team manager.
According to reports, he will officially announce his decision to leave the job in an interview with Brigitte Macron on French television on Wednesday.
The qualification process for the 2026 World Cup, which will be held in the United States, Mexico and Canada, is due to get underway later this year.
France face Croatia next, in March, in the quarter-finals of the UEFA Nations League, a tournament they had won under Deschamps in 2021.
