Zinedine Zidane told to forget about France job as Didier Deschamps gets backing

ZINEDINE ZIDANE has been told he will have to wait for the France job after Didier Deschamps was backed to remain in the hot-seat until at least 2020.

Former Real Madrid boss Zidane has been strongly linked with the national side following his Bernabeu exit.

Current French manager Deschamps believes Zidane is destined to take over when he leaves in the future.

But the French Football Federation insist Deschamps will be allowed to remain until the end of his contract in 2020, meaning Zidane must look elsewhere for an immediate return to the beautiful game.

FFF president Noel Le Graet told BFM TV: “Didier Deschamps has a contract until 2020… he will stay until 2020.”

France are considered one of the favourites for the World Cup in Russia, just two years after losing in the Euro 2016 final to Portugal.

They beat Ireland 2-0 in late May before gliding past Italy 3-1 earlier this month.

France now face the USA tonight in their final warm-up game.

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And their World Cup campaign kicks off with a tricky clash against Australia in a week’s time.

The other teams in France’s group are Peru and Denmark, but many are confident Deschamps can guide his men to at least the quarter-finals this summer.