The Marseilles coach is preparing for its biggest European match on the bench of OM on Wednesday against Manchester United, for the first knockout round of Champions League club since 1993. But Didier Deschamps could very well have never known this moment since he had been contacted by Liverpool at the start of the season to take over from Rafael Benitez.
For the English press, the former world champion is back on the reasons for the choice to stay at Marseille. "I was very flattered to receive an offer from an institution like Liverpool. But there are two reasons I stay in Marseille. However, to tell you the truth, I thought about it seriously.
It's not every day that Liverpool comes knocking at your door to offer you the position of manager. But I had given my word to Marseille, I had one year contract and supporters, the president, the players counted on me to continue the adventure. I brought in players and some players came to Marseilles because I was the coach.
The offer came two days before the resumption of training at the end of June, I saw myself leave. I am a man of his word. And at the same time, there was this controversy in France after what happened at the World Cup. I do not see too add fuel to the fire by dropping the OM to say 'I'm going to Liverpool, with two days of resumption, it was not done, "acknowledged in the Sun with a Didier Deschamps knows that at the end of his adventure in Marseille, the proposals should not be missed anyway because his rating from abroad remains high. 
For the English press, the former world champion is back on the reasons for the choice to stay at Marseille. "I was very flattered to receive an offer from an institution like Liverpool. But there are two reasons I stay in Marseille. However, to tell you the truth, I thought about it seriously.
It's not every day that Liverpool comes knocking at your door to offer you the position of manager. But I had given my word to Marseille, I had one year contract and supporters, the president, the players counted on me to continue the adventure. I brought in players and some players came to Marseilles because I was the coach.
The offer came two days before the resumption of training at the end of June, I saw myself leave. I am a man of his word. And at the same time, there was this controversy in France after what happened at the World Cup. I do not see too add fuel to the fire by dropping the OM to say 'I'm going to Liverpool, with two days of resumption, it was not done, "acknowledged in the Sun with a Didier Deschamps knows that at the end of his adventure in Marseille, the proposals should not be missed anyway because his rating from abroad remains high.
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