Didier Deschamps remains coach at soccer world champions France despite the EM failure and should lead the team to successfully defend their title at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
Association president Noël Le Graët told the newspaper "Le Figaro" ten days after the knockout round of 16 against Switzerland.
Deschamps has been in office since 2012 and his contract runs until the end of 2022.
“The answer is yes,” said Le Graët when asked whether Deschamps was staying: “I had a detailed conversation with him on Wednesday.
It was done in three minutes.
He doesn't deserve not to be allowed to continue. "Deschamps is" a winner with a unique track record.
My trust in him and his experienced and competent employees is unreserved. "
However, they no longer spoke about a previously planned contract extension.
"We will go to Qatar together, then we'll see," said Le Graët.
Deschamps is allowed to keep his entire staff.
The association president, whose personal closeness to Deschamps is known, had avoided a commitment to his coach after the top favorite had prematurely dropped out of the European Championship and thus really opened the discussion.
Former world footballer Zinedine Zidane was considered a possible candidate for a successor to the world champion coach.
There was no contact with him recently, Le Graët assured him and said: “Maybe one day he will be a coach.
Maybe my successor will appoint him, because I won't stay forever either. "
After the European Championships, disagreements in the team were sometimes seen in the media as a sign of the coach's lost authority.
He was also accused of making too many tactical changes during the tournament.
The president made it clear: "He has not lost control of the cabin."