On Thursday, Didier Deschamps announced his list of 23 players selected for the first matches of the Nations League of the season. A list in which there were only two new players, namely Manu Koné and Michael Olise.
Should the French coach have renewed his squad a little more? Djibril Cissé, former French international, thinks so. The former AJ Auxerre striker thinks there is a striker that the boss of the Blues would have been well inspired to call up. “He could have gone further (with the new ones) with Mateta, who had a very good Olympics,”
he declared on the L’Equipe channel.
Cisse understands Deschamps
While speaking out in favour of the Crystal Palace player, Cisse admits that places are at a premium in the French attack. “It’s Kolo Muani who would have paid the price. It would have been hard to remove him. Afterwards, there is a World Cup to prepare for and continuity to have, while having a small dose of new people because there is a generation that is ending. But we can’t ask him to revolutionize everything.”
Asked about N’Golo Kanté, who has been retained in the squad again, Cissé said it was logical:
“The Nations League is a trophy and he knows that Kanté can hold out for a season.”
