France national team: Marcel Desailly makes a prediction for Zinédine Zidane

Desailly opens up about Zidane

Europe Today at 09:30

Zinédine Zidane is expected to become the new head coach of the French national team after the 2026 World Cup.

In an interview with Flashscore, Marcel Desailly revealed that the former Real Madrid coach would make major changes in his player selections.

"For the national team, I think he's really going to try to erase the philosophy Didier put in place and impose his own. I'm certain that four or five players who were starters under Didier will leave the squad to make way for a new philosophy," said the 1998 World Cup champion.

🔴 𝗭𝗜𝗗𝗔𝗡𝗘 𝗩𝗔 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗚𝗘𝗥 𝗤𝗨𝗔𝗧𝗥𝗘 𝗢𝗨 𝗖𝗜𝗡𝗤 𝗧𝗜𝗧𝗨𝗟𝗔𝗜𝗥𝗘𝗦 𝗗𝗘 𝗗𝗘𝗦𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗠𝗣𝗦 𝗦𝗘𝗟𝗢𝗡 𝗠𝗔𝗥𝗖𝗘𝗟 𝗗𝗘𝗦𝗔𝗜𝗟𝗟𝗬 ! 👇🇫🇷

« Pour l'équipe nationale, 𝗷𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗻𝘀𝗲 𝗾𝘂'𝗶𝗹 𝘃𝗮 𝘃𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗮𝘆𝗲𝗿 𝗱'𝗲𝗳𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗿 𝗹𝗮… pic.twitter.com/GfuhiUlAAm
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