Seven months before Euro 2024, Didier Deschamps already has a very precise idea of the list of 23 Blues who will travel to Germany next summer.
He has already proven it, Didier Deschamps doesn’t like surprises. We should therefore not expect to see many new additions to the French team next year, while Euro 2024 is less than seven months away (from June 14 to July 14). The Blues’ near-perfect campaign during the qualifiers brought certainty to the French coach who, after the draw conceded in Greece on Tuesday evening (2-2), did not really hide his intentions.
“I’m not going to be categorical but I’m not going to call someone in March that I’ve never called. We have a large number of answers about the players we selected”, he declared. In other words, the places in the future list of 23 for the European Nations Championship are already almost all taken. Barring injury obviously, the group flying to Germany should resemble the one presented by the daily The Team.
Clauss scored points
At the goalkeeper position, if the hierarchy is still unclear between No. 2 and No. 3, the three players called up will undoubtedly be Mike Maignan, Brice Samba and Alphonse Areola. In defense, the suspense is also limited since Dayot Upamecano, Ibrahima Konaté, Benjamin Pavard, Jules Koundé as well as the brothers Théo and Lucas Hernandez should be part of the adventure. Featured during his last outings with the A’s, Jonathan Clauss also scored valuable points.
The main unknown concerns the eighth folding seat, which could go to a central defender: William Saliba, Axel Disasi or Jean-Clair Todibo. In the midfield, Aurélien Tchouameni, Eduardo Camavinga, Adrien Rabiot and Antoine Griezmann have been essential for some time now and Warren Zaire-Emery, scorer during his first cap, should also make the trip if he maintains the momentum of his excellent start of the season with PSG.
Zaire-Emery already essential
The sixth midfielder could be Youssouf Fofana, who scored twice against Gibraltar and Greece. The Monegasque seems to have a head start on Boubacar Kamara, who will only become a credible option for Euro 2024 in the event of a physical problem for one of his competitors. For N’Golo Kanté, who now plays for Al-Ittihad in Saudi Arabia, the door seems closed, even if “DD” has always left a small opening.
In attack, there too, no thunderclap to be expected. Kylian Mbappé, Olivier Giroud, Kingsley Coman, Ousmane Dembélé, Randal Kolo Muani and Marcus Thuram currently seem untouchable. Two players, Christopher Nkunku and Moussa Diaby, also apply but they start from a little further in the mind of Didier Deschamps. Who, he has already experienced since he has been at the head of the Blues, is not immune to a last minute problem…
The probable list of 23 Blues for Euro 2024
Goalkeepers (3): Areola, Maignan, Samba – Defenders (8): Clauss, L. Hernandez, T. Hernandez, Konaté, Koundé, Pavard, Saliba, Upamecano – Midfielders (6): Camavinga, Fofana, Griezmann , Rabiot, Tchouameni, Zaire-Emery – Forwards (6): Coman, Dembélé, Giroud, Kolo Muani, Mbappé, Thuram.
