This Thursday, at the headquarters of the French Football Federation, Didier Deschamps unveiled his list of 23 players for the matches against Ireland on September 7 at the Parc des Princes, as part of the Euro 2024 qualifiers, and the Germany five days later at Signal Iduna Park in Dortmund, in a friendly. As we revealed on our site, N’Golo Kanté and Paul Pogba are not summoned. The coach opted for continuity after his team started the qualifying campaign perfectly well (4 successes) during the rallies in March and June.
Both injured, Wesley Fofana and Christopher Nkunku are not among the players selected. On the other hand, Ibrahima Konaté is present. The Liverpool defender, still uncertain in recent hours, missed his team’s last game due to muscle pain. The staff will carefully monitor his state of form over the next few days.
Adrien Rabiot finds a place at the expense of Jordan Veretout among the midfielders. Boubacar Kamara, performing with Aston Villa, is also called up. William Saliba, freshly named in the typical team of the year in the Premier League, also finds the selection, just like Lucas Hernandez who is making a comeback in the French team. Recruited this summer by PSG from Bayern Munich, the left-handed defender has not worn the tricolor jersey since his serious knee injury in the Blues’ first match at the World Cup against Australia on November 22, 2022. On the other hand, Moussa Diaby, who could have claimed a place in the list, is not called for this rally.
In attack, we obviously find captain Kylian Mbappé, Ousmane Dembélé, Olivier Giroud, Marcus Thuram, Kingsley Coman but also Randal Kolo Muani, still awaiting his transfer to PSG. The three goalkeepers remain Mike Maignan, Alphonse Areola and Brice Samba.
The list of Blues
Goalkeepers: Areola, Maignan, Samba
Defenders: Disasi, L. Hernandez, T. Hernandez, Konaté, Koundé, Pavard, Saliba, Upamecano
Midfielders: Camavinga, Y. Fofana, B. Kamara, Rabiot, Tchouameni
Forwards: Coman, Dembélé, Giroud, Griezmann, Kolo Muani, Mbappé, Mr. Thuram
