Didier Deschamps’ list of Lucas Hernandez could return to France’s squad to face Ireland and Germany will be announced this Thursday, 31 August.
Absent from the Blues since the 2022 World Cup with injury, Lucas Hernandez could return to the France squad on Thursday when the squads for matches against Ireland and Germany are released.
While the defensive zone has been weakened by some defection (Ibrahima Konate, Wesley Fofana, Benoit Badiasile), Didier Deschamps is very happy to be able to get PSG back for the first two meetings of the season with the vice-world champions.
The camp will aim to take a big step towards qualifying for Euro 2024 against Ireland at the Parc des Princes on 7 September, after four wins from four matches in Group B, before heading to Dortmund for a prestigious friendly. have to go. On 12 September at the future host of the tournament. A country that Lucas Hernandez knows well after spending four years at Bayern Munich before transferring to Paris this summer.
injury in last world cup
Since his arrival in the capital, the defender (27 years old, 33 caps) has shown that his physical concerns are indeed behind him. Forced to leave the Blues in the first match of the World Cup in Qatar against Australia on November 22, 2022 (4-1), elder brother De Theo underwent an operation after rupturing the cruciate ligament of his right knee. The process and only with Paris the competition resumed.
Aligned on the left by PSG coach Luis Enrique, the 2018 world champions have got all their emotion back and are logically applying for a place in the France group.
Pogba and Kante still in the dock
While the versatility of Lucas Hernandez, who has been able to pivot as well as develop on one side, will necessarily be appreciated, Deschamps will probably be forced to re-shape his hinge with Conte’s potential package.
Several unavailability in defense could also be smiling on William Saliba, who was not selected for the internship in June due to back pain but was still bright at Arsenal.
In midfield, it will be complicated to come up with a quintet and clear a space that seems necessary (Aurélien Tchoumeni, Adrien Rabiot, Eduardo Camavinga, Youssef Fofana, Antoine Griezmann).
For the two former pillars between 2018 world champions Paul Pogba and N’Golo Kante, a reunion with the Blues will theoretically not happen for now. “Pioche” (91 caps), who has not donned the blue jersey since March 29, 2022, returns to the competition on Sunday with Juventus in Turin, while “NG”, whose last of 53 caps dates to June 3, 2022, leaves Gone to the allure of the Saudi petrodollar at Al-Ittihad, perhaps definitively away from the France team.
Nkunku stopped again
“N’Golo Kante remains selectable,” Didier Deschamps told the daily L’Equipe on 24 August. “Later there is another reflection: we are talking about N’Golo Kante, he is a reference through his experience with us. The reflection is double because during his absence there are young players who have taken over and who Took it in well. So there’s potential to give him time to progress.”
As far as Pogba was concerned, “He has to go through training sessions, then come to the game, then play matches and his body will oppose it. If it is Paul then I want Paul in the France team”, Coach indicated.
The attack will surely decapitate the damned Christopher Nkunku. Having already been forced to miss the World Cup at the last minute, the PSG-trained player was seriously injured again shortly after arriving at his new club Chelsea and underwent surgery in early August. What to do to please Moussa Diaby, in good shape since his transfer to Aston Villa (2 goals in the Premier League)?
Wissam Ben Yedder, top scorer in Ligue 1 with 4 goals, is also a possible candidate, but his indictment for rape, attempted rape and sexual assault should see him ruled out of the Blues.