DIRECT. Deschamps list: Kamara called, Giroud dismissed … The 24 of the French team

4:30 p.m. – End of the live!

Thank you all for following this live from Didier Deschamps’ list for the four Nations League matches in June. As a reminder, Boubacar Kamara is called up for the Blues for the first time. Note the absence of Olivier Giroud, second top scorer in the history of the France team.

16:20 – Nine defenders out of 24 players called up

Of the 24 players called up, Didier Deschamps has selected 9 defenders for the next rally in June where the Blues will play four Nations League matches.

Defenders: Lucas Digne, Jonathan Clauss, Lucas Hernandez, Théo Hernandez, Presnel Kimpembe, Jules Koundé, William Saliba, Benjamin Pavard, Raphael Varane.

4:00 p.m. – Camavinga called up to the hopefuls

Author of excellent performances with Real Madrid, Eduardo Camavinga will not return to the France team immediately. The midfielder was not called up by Didier Deschamps but he was selected by Sylvain Ripoll to play with the hopefuls in the last three qualifying matches for Euro U21 2023.

15:40 – Kamara among the best midfielders in Ligue 1

Trained as a defender, Boubacar Kamara is now one of the pillars of the Olympique de Marseille midfield with Mattéo Guendouzi. So much so that in addition to being one of the best midfielders in the French championship, he was called up for the first time by Didier Deschamps.

15:20 – Olympique de Marseille congratulates Kamara

The Olympique de Marseille club was quick to congratulate its player Boubacar Kamara, called up to the France team for the first time.

15:00 – Didier Deschamps’ list

For the four Nations League matches in June, Didier Deschamps has selected 24 players.

14:31 – Deschamps: “Camavinga brought a lot of determination”

“Eduardo Camavinga is interesting, yes. Often when he comes back, he brings a lot of energy. He is in a Spanish champion club and which is playing in the Champions League final. He is part of the U23 generation where there is points to get to ensure qualification. He is one of the players who could have been there, like others. For a first season at Real Madrid taking into account the competition, despite everything, he brought a lot of determination. “

2:27 p.m. – Deschamps on Dembélé: “Using him as a piston is not his job.”

Author of a great second half of the season with FC Barcelona, ​​Ousmane Dembélé is absent from Didier Deschamps’ list: “It’s a question of competition and use in a system. He’s used to playing as an attacking wide midfielder. To use him in our current system as a piston is not his position. And it is necessarily to the detriment of other players who were there.”

14:25 – Deschamps on Konaté: “I am”

Author of a good season with Liverpool, Ibrahima Konaté was expected to appear in the list of Didier Deschamps. Absent, the coach of the France team declared to follow the defender of the Reds: “Yes I am obviously because he is in a team that is fighting for the title in the Premier League and the Champions League. He plays quite often even if he is not a starter. He has an interesting profile but to his detriment , is that he plays in a defense at 4 and we at 3.”

14:24 – Deschamps on Varane: “He is not at his best but neither is his club”

Part of the France team, Raphaël Varane had a complicated season with Manchester United. Didier Deschamps wanted to support his player: “It’s the same. He’s not at his best but neither is his club. They’re not going to play the Champions League, Paul Pogba who’s there too, we can’t say he’s made the best season of his career. It’s not the happiest period because Manchester are not having a season that lives up to the expectations they had. But Raphael has shown enough what he is capable of doing with us.”

2:22 p.m. – Deschamps: “There will also be tomorrows for Kamara”

“He may be brought, like other players, to change clubs. It’s time to call him but there will be tomorrows too. He will have a choice to make on his destination, that’s his career management but I call him in relation to what he does on the ground”Didier Deschamps on the new international, Boubacar Kamara.

2:21 p.m. – Deschamps: “I didn’t intend to do a “one shot” with Clauss”

“He showed great things with us in a complicated situation in Lille. I’m not going to say that he upset the part of the public who could challenge him. He had a complicated tomorrow but since then he has resumed his journey. me coming to the selection is not an achievement, it’s a step. But with what he continues to do at his club, I did not intend to do a “one shot” with him “Didier Deschamps about Jonathan Clauss.

14:19 – Deschamps on Mbappé’s decision: “It’s him and his family that it concerns”

The future of Kylian Mbappé should be known before the start of the gathering of the Blues. Didier Deschamps preferred to stay away from this soap opera that animates the football planet: “Kylian will announce his decision when he decides. It’s a soap opera for you maybe but if it’s not a problem with the Blues, it’s him and his family that it looks at. It doesn’t bother me. On image rights, I’m a coach, I’m talking about the field, not that.”

14:17 – Giroud in competition with Benzema

Asked about the choice not to select Olivier Giroud, Didier Deschamps preferred to give other players a chance: “Take back what I said in March, when he came back to us, what I think of his status. And on top of that I have the opportunity to give playing time to Christopher (Nkunku), who has in no longer been voted the best player in the Bundesliga.”