Because he favors the Euro hopefuls, Thierry Henry did not call any player born in 2001 in his first list at the head of the Bleuets, when he could have called certain elements for the Olympic Games.
There are ways to get a little lost along the way, but Thierry Henry was clear. Before thinking of the 2024 Olympic Games, the new coach of the France U23 team thinks first of Euro… 2025.
This is quite logical, since the playoffs for this competition will begin in September, with a trip to Slovenia on the 11th. This is why Henry only called players born in 2002 and sometimes well after, like the Parisian prodigy Warren Zaire – Emery (17, born in 2006), who will be one of the attractions of this team with Rayan Cherki, Elye Wahi, Bradley Barcola, Andy Diouf or even the young Toulouse goalkeeper, Guillaume Restes (born in 2005).
However, since there is also a friendly match also on the program on September 7 against Denmark, Thierry Henry could theoretically have called up players from the 2001 generation, who will be eligible for the Olympic Games. We can thus think of Lucas Chevalier, Khephren Thuram or even Adrien Truffert. But the new Blueberries coach wanted to stay true to his line of conduct, which could not be more logical.
Here is Thierry Henry’s ̀ 🔥
2 matches on the Espoirs program:
🗓️ 07/09: 🇫🇷 France 🆚 Denmark 🇩🇰
🗓️ 11/09: 🇸🇮 Slovenia 🆚 France 🇫🇷 pic.twitter.com/X5ju6K2soS— French team ⭐⭐ (@equipedefrance) August 31, 2023
