Didier Deschamps cash on the Kolo Muani case

N’Golo Kanté and Paul Pogba have returned to the field with their respective clubs, but Didier Deschamps has chosen to do without this duo of world champions. Important choices and which DD did not elude in front of the media, this Thursday, when the vice-world champions face Ireland at the Parc des Princes on September 7 for the qualifications of Euro 2024, then Germany in Dortmund on September 12 in a friendly.

“He replayed and chained matches, he said, referring to the case of Kanté. With a championship which is necessarily of a good level, but it comes out of an almost blank year. NG is NG, with the experience he has with us. I felt that he needed to chain again. And that the players who have been there during his absence have met my expectations. I took the option of confirming the younger ones”.

As for Pogba, DD said: “As for Paul, he had the pleasure of being able to play a good twenty minutes. This is the beginning of a road which is still necessarily long, compared to last year which was white. This is an important step, but there are still others. You have to have patience. But I believe in him for a return to the highest level. He is professional. But it won’t happen overnight. You have to chain the matches and if he finds his best level he will again be an important candidate for the France team. But, at present, because of what he has done, if I call him it is to have a real role.

Kolo Muani well present

In addition, Deschamps bet on Randal Kolo Muani, while the latter entered into a showdown with his Frankfurt club in order to sign for PSG. “ Nothing shocks me or bothers me. These are situations that can take place as the transfer window approaches. Between a selling club, a buying club and the player. And the interests are not necessarily the same. But I know Kolo well, who is a very respectful person. I don’t have all the elements to be able to judge the situation.”