Didier Deschamps
Currently the manager of the France national team, Didier Deschamps is still leading his country like he has always done. Instead of being on the pitch, he’s on the sidelines, but that doesn’t mean he has lost any of the verve and passion he displayed as a player.
With the current crop of talented performers including Paul Pogba, Dimitri Payet and Antoine Griezmann at his disposal, Les Bleus are one of the favourites to take the Henri Delaunay trophy and if they do, there's a strong possibility that Deschamps will remain as head coach for their World Cup campaign. What a feat it would be to win both titles as player and manager.
Emmanuel Petit
Aside from insinuating the odd conspiracy theory here and there (like when he questioned whether or not his team-mates were puppets for their World Cup win), Emmanuel Petit remains attached to the reality of football and is often seen working as a pundit for British company ITV. More endearing than this, however, is that he is an ambassador for the Homeless World Cup and continues to voice his opinion on matters close to his football heart.
Christian Karembeu
Some people still like to think that Christian Karembeu wasn’t very involved in France’s ‘98 triumph despite the fact the Guardian quashed many of those misconceptions years ago by detailing that the right-sided midfielder played 242 minutes en route to lifting the famous trophy, more than Leboeuf and Patrick Vieira. Nowadays, he’s a pundit with BT Sport, an advisor to Olympiakos FC’s president and sometimes a La Liga ambassador.
