The first concentration of French National in Clairefontaine facing the World Cup in Qatar was not without surprises. The ‘Bleus’ called up this Monday at Marco ThuramBorussia Mönchengladbach striker, but will be without Paris Saint Germain defender due to injury Presnel Kimpembewhich will be replaced by Axel Disassiof Munich.
Thuram, 25, current second-best scorer in the Bundesliga (10 goals), had not been called up by France since Euro 2021, which he played as a substitute. But as Deschamps had only used 25 places on the list, he decided to complete it with the striker.
The son of Lilian Thuram, world champion winger with the ‘Bleus’ in 1998, will arrive in the next few hours at the Clairefontaine-en-Yvelines training center, just outside Paris, on the first day of gathering for all the squads.
Thuram had a good start to the season with Borussia Mönchengladbach, for whom he scored 13 goals and gave four assists between all competitions.
For his part, Kimpembe failed to recover in time from an Achilles tendon injury, so he was left out and replaced from the final list.
The defender, world champion in Russia in 2018, returned to play for a quarter of an hour for the Parisian club on Sunday, having been off the pitch since the end of October.
But the player himself “doesn’t consider himself sufficiently recovered to be able to maintain his position within the Les Bleus defense in Qatar,” the French federation said in a statement.
France share World Cup Group D with Australia, Tunisia Y Denmark.
France list
archers: Alphone Areola (West Ham), Hugo Lloris (Tottenham), Steve Mandanda (Rennes)
defenders: Lucas Hernández (Bayern Munich), Theo Hernández (AC Milan), Ibrahima Konate (Liverpool), Jules Kounde (Barcelona), Benjamin Pavard (Bayern Munich), William Saliba (Arsenal), Dayot Upamecano (Bayern Munich), Raphael Varane (Manchester ) United) and Axel Disasi (Monaco).
midfielders: Eduardo Camavinga (Real Madrid), Youssouf Fofana (Monaco), Matteo Guendouzi (Marseille), Adrien Rabiot (Juventus), Aurelien Tchouameni (Real Madrid), Jordan Veretout (Marseille).
strikers: Karim Benzema (Real Madrid), Kingsley Coman (Bayern Munich), Ousmane Dembélé (Barcelona), Olivier Giroud (AC Milan), Antoine Griezmann (Atletico de Madrid), Kylian Mbappé (PSG), Christopher Nkunku (Leipzig) and Marcus Thuram ( Borussia Monchengladbach).
Source: Clarin
