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‘The only job I wanted’: Zidane’s first words as France head coach

‘The only job I wanted’: Zidane’s first words as France head coach
France 24 Tuesday 28 July 2026, 13:07 UTC By FRANCE24 1 min read
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To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. To watch this content, you may need to disable it on this site. ‘The only job I wanted’: Zidane’s first words as France head coach Sport Issued on: Share France great Zinedine Zidane's long-held ambition to coach the national team became reality on Tuesday when the French Football Federation appointed the former captain and World Cup winner as Didier Deschamps' successor on a four-year contract. Here is what he had to say. [Image text:] FOOTBALL Zidane's first words
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