Alongside with England, they were main favourites for winning the EURO 2020 but the French were surprisingly eliminated by Switzerland at the first hurdle of the knock-out stages.Kylian Mbappe’s missed penalty (Yann Sommer’s save) and tension between players during and the after that match all caused commotion in France that something is not right behind the curtains.All speculations and rumours aside, what is certain is that France national team will still have Didier Deschamps at their wheel – at least until December 2022, when his contract expires.How much does it take for Roberto Martinez to be sacked?French Football Federation president Noel Le Graet has revealed Deschamps’ future has now been sorted after they met for talks on Wednesday.’Within 3 minutes it was sorted,’ he told Le Figaro.After a satisfying start of the tournament and beating Germany 1-0 in Munich in their opening game of EURO, France then concluded the group stage with frustrating draws against Portugal and Hungary.However, they then failed to win their first knockout game of the tournament in the last-16 as Switzerland beat them on penalties.Mourinho defending his honour before embarking on a journey with RomaFrench press heavily criticized Deschamps after the EURO 2020 elimination and reported his former international team-mate Zinedine Zidane was in the running to take his place.Deschamps will now see out the rest of his contract following France’s attempt to defend their World Cup crown in Qatar.Deschamps took over the national team from Laurent Blanc in 2012, having gone on to manage 117 games as Les Bleus boss and Le Graet has been a huge supporter from the start.Deschamps admitted before the tournament he was open to extending his deal, having agreed to fresh terms as recently as December 2019 to take him through until after the next World Cup.’I may continue after 2022 with the agreement of my president,’ Deschamps told RTL in June .’People have to want to keep me and for that you need results. I will do something else at some point, but I am thriving in this role of manager.Poor Manchester City cannot afford an over-140-million-dollars player’I have a contract until December 2022, but today I am not thinking of becoming a club coach. I am very happy, all the conditions are met.’As a player, Deschamps managed to win both the World Cup title (1998) and the European title (2000).
