His condition already caused great concern after his exit on Sunday during Aston Villa’s defeat against Manchester United (2-1). France team midfielder Boubacar Kamara suffers from a ruptured cruciate ligament in his right knee and will have to observe a period of unavailability estimated at at least five months, according to our information which confirms that of The Athletic. This injury will, logically, deprive him of Euro 2024.
Against the Mancunians, the French player left the field in the 65th minute. The former Olympique de Marseille man managed to walk. In a press release published this Monday, Aston Villa said more about the state of health of its player: “Boubacar Kamara suffered a significant knee ligament injury. The midfielder was injured during yesterday’s match against Manchester United and subsequently underwent a scan this morning. Kamara’s condition will be re-examined, before a further consultation with a knee specialist. » With this type of pathology, recovery times seem incompressible.
This season, the French player has participated in 20 Premier League matches. Arriving in England in 2022, the 24-year-old has established himself as one of the executives at Aston Villa. Coached by Unai Emery, his aggressiveness and generosity made him a player appreciated by the former Paris Saint-Germain coach.
Boubacar Kamara will therefore miss the end of the season with the Birmingham club, currently fifth in the Premier League. While he was not selected for the 2022 World Cup – he had just returned from injury – his participation in Euro 2024 is now unthinkable. Called up several times by Didier Deschamps, the former OM player has five caps but has never participated in a major competition with the Blues.
Youssouf Fofana in pole position
Even available, this player, who is still very popular with the French staff, would not, however, have had the assurance of appearing in the list of 23 which will be made public on May 15 or 16 by Didier Deschamps. In an already very rich gaming sector, the emergence of the young Parisian prodigy Warren Zaire-Emery, scorer and injured against Gibraltar on November 18 (14-0), is intensifying competition in this sector.
WZE will accompany Adrien Rabiot, Aurélien Tchouameni, and Eduardo Camavinga to Germany. If we consider Antoine Griezmann, repositioned as a relay player since the 2022 World Cup, as an attacker, there will then be a place to take. This will therefore be played between Youssouf Fofana or even Khéphren Thuram with a very clear advantage for the Monegasque scorer against Gibraltar, then in Greece where he impressed.
