The coach of the France team would have been very concerned by the treatment inflicted on Jonathan Clauss in Marseille.
This is an issue that has agitated the backstage and the locker room of Olympique de Marseille in recent weeks. Several very influential figures from the Marseille club, including president Pablo Longoria, sports advisor Mehdi Benatia and former coach Gennaro Gattuso, have publicly questioned the professionalism of Jonathan Clauss.
Recently, Benatia had made very vehement remarks towards the French international defender. “I arrived in November. I was warned about players whose behavior was sometimes borderline. Jonathan was one of these players. (…) Claus? We had a problem, but it’s back. He has a contract for another year and a half. We didn’t want to take him out for the sake of taking him out, that’s not it at all, we noted that he wasn’t playing at his level, he was received several times by the coach about behavioral problems, he knows why.”
How Deschamps reacted to the rumors about Clauss
According to information from L’Équipe, Didier Deschamps would have followed this affair very closely. Clauss’ situation at club was all the more embarrassing as the right-back was accused of saving himself in view of the deadlines for the French team, while the player was very marked by his non-selection for the World Cup in Qatar.
L’Equipe thus specifies that Didier Deschamps would not have “lost a bit” of this file. The Blues staff have reportedly been in contact with Jonathan Clauss to ensure that the defender does not dip mentally. The coach of the France team is aware of having a very narrow margin for this right-back position, where Jules Koundé is also in difficulty at Barcelona. Benjamin Pavard, for his part, was repositioned in the center at Inter Milan and no longer appears as an option on the side.
