Didier Deschamps had said it: he would use the last meetings of the French team in 2024 to bring in new faces. If the French coach ultimately innovated little, he could continue to do so during the next rounds. While the Blues will meet again in March 2025 to compete in the quarter-finals of the Nations League, a certain Rayan Cherki is already knocking at the door.
Described from a young age as a nugget and a hope of French football, the Olympique Lyonnais player has until then struggled to string together good performances. But since the start of the season, Rayan Cherki is a different man and some now believe that he could apply for a place in Didier Deschamps’ group. Under certain conditions.
A test in March for Cherki?
This is the opinion given Thursday by Raymond Domenech on the channel
The Team. “He has what no player in the world has at the highest level at the moment. But in sequences that are too short and in densities of matches which are not international matches. Didier (Deschamps), like all coaches, will need to test him. If he repeats this type of matches in the European Cup, against PSG, against the big teams, we will have to ask ourselves the question. »
And the former coach of the Blues says that things could be rushed: “Even for March (2025) we will have to ask ourselves the question. Just to integrate it. To at least see what it looks like. » It now remains to be seen whether Didier Deschamps and his staff are really considering and considering, at present, bringing Rayan Cherki to the A.
