It’s reunion day for Les Bleues. A month and a day before their first Euro match against Italy (July 10, 9 p.m.), the twenty-three players of the France team selected by Corinne Deacon are expected at Clairefontaine this Thursday for the start of preparation for the European Championship.
For a month, Les Bleues will work physically and tactically in a quality setting in order to achieve the objective set by the coach: to go to the final to win the title. But this preparation coincides with the summer transfer window, which from year to year is buzzing more and more in the development of the top level in women’s football.
They signed
On the French side, several players have already removed doubts about their future. For several weeks, and in the last few days, many have announced their extension, as Wendie Fox. The captain of OL now linked to his club until 2026, just like Marion Torrent with Montpellier. Hawa Cissoko also signed a new contract until 2023 with West Ham, while Sandy Baltimore announced in April that she was extending with PSG until 2024.
On the arrivals side, Charlotte Bilbaut leaves Bordeaux and finds Marion Torrent in Montpellier. As for the latest news, it concerns Ève Périsset. She also said goodbye to the Girondines to fly to Chelseachampion of England, where she will be the first Frenchwoman of the modern era of the club to evolve with the Blues.
The Katoto file
Some files, however, remain always hot. Starting with the one concerning Marie-Antoinette Katoto, whose future – an extension to Paris Saint-Germain or a departure – has still not been made public. “I know she is at a turning point in her career.Corinne Deacon reacted in March when her list for the matches against Wales and Slovenia was announced. I just hope that things will be settled before the preparation for the Euro so that all heads are well focused on the objective which is to get this title. »
Relaunched on the subject when revealing her list on May 30, the coach maintained her words: “His future, I think, will be settled before preparations start. We agreed collectively with the group of players. »
But at the time of joining Clairefontaine, the striker of the Blue has not yet announced anything. In early April, Paris Saint-Germain’s top scorer put pressure on his club while asking “real deeds” from management. “It will be settled very, very quickly, but for the moment we are in total disagreement”had confided the 23-year-old player, who added that in the event of departure, she was “open to everything, whether abroad or in France”.
OL and FC Barcelona are on the lookout, while according to the team, Paris Saint-Germain have offered him the biggest salary in the history of the women’s section. Insufficient for “MAK”, who would wait longer to extend, in particular certainties as to the face of the team for next season. In cold weather with Kheira Hamraoui, since the aggression suffered by the latter which shattered the Parisian locker room, Katoto would have let it be known that she did not see herself continuing in the same team as the midfielder.
The appointment of Luis Campos as sports adviser to the president should make it possible to make decisions within the women’s section, but for the moment only a few expected departures (Luana, Sara Däbritz, Léa Khelifi, Charlotte Voll) have been formalized in recent days. .
Toletti in Madrid, Tounkara in Seville?
Marie-Antoinette Katoto is not the only French international whose future has not been decided. Sandie Toletti formalized her departure from Levante on Wednesday without announcing her future destination. According to Brandshe could join Real Madrid, qualified for the preliminary phase of the Champions League next season.
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The last question concerns Aïssatou Tounkara. Atlético Madrid announced at the end of May that the centre-back was leaving the club she joined in 2018. the spanish pressshe could join Sevilla FC, 8th last year.
