This is the announcement that all French people are waiting for tonight live during the TF1 television news. Facing Gilles Bouleau, the coach of the Blues, Didier Deschamps, will announce which players are selected to participate in the World Cup which will start on November 20 in Qatar. If some don’t really have to worry, like Kylian Mbappé or Hugo Lloris, others, on the other hand, are in the hot seat and the name of Olivier Giroud has been on everyone’s lips for several weeks.
Reigning champions, the Blues are advancing towards the deadline with the pressure of the winner, but Didier Deschamps knows that well, he who has won everything in his career as a player, then as a coach. Rather discreet about his private life, the coach is a happy man, father of a handsome and tall boy, Dylan, and married since 1989 with the woman of his life, Claudius. He was only 17 when he met the beautiful brunette and their story will last until today. However, the beginnings are difficult, since the former footballer is still only a young hope of FC Nantes, which receives 2,800 francs per month (about 400 euros)as Bernard Pascuito very well tells in his book Didier Deschamps, Victory and nothing else (Editions du Rocher).
Claude makes the decision to stop his studies
The two lovebirds decide to settle down together quite quickly, after only a few months of relationship. Soon enough, the 54-year-old former athlete will earn a better living and his wife will then make an important decision for their life as a couple. “Very quickly, his salary (that of Didier Deschamps, editor’s note) will improve and that’s good, because Claude chose to stop his speech therapy studies. The decision was not easy to make but she wants to be able to devote herself entirely to Didier in the years to come”, explains Bernard Pascuito in his book. Claude, who is very discreet, has therefore decided to sacrifice his very young professional future for the property of his couple. “Being an attentive and caring housewife, taking care of the children when they have them, managing Didier’s schedule, watching over his food and his recovery”lists the author of Didier Deschamps, Victory and nothing else to evoke the daily tasks of a footballer’s wife.
As he prepares to make a very important decision which will certainly be very publicized, Didier Deschamps already knows that he can count on the support of Claude in the weeks to come.