So happy for him. Great player for us, and I will be forever thankful for him steering our ship in Serie-B, bringing us straight back up. Yes we had the players to do it and they all deserve an equal amount of unconditional love and gratitude. But let's not downplay the coach's role in that, having to keep superstars such as DP, Buffon, Neddy, Camo etc. motivated week in-week out in that division. Starting off with minus points as well. And we're talking about a man who had a great CV even back then, having taken Monaco to a CL-final 2 years prior. He said yes to lead us not even knowing which league we'd be in, and when the verdict doomed us to B he immediately just got to work.
That's the kind of man he is; not fancy, no primadonna, just old school lo stile Juve hard work and soldier-like attitude. A low-key persona but powerful general type who now took France to the greatest heights of world football and deservedly claims this award.
Didier Deschamps, uno di noi.