EDF: Didier Deschamps faces a big problem with clubs

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By: Nicolas Gerbault

Didier Deschamps sail on sight. While he will announce his list this Wednesday at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday for the Final Four of Nations League (the Blues will face Spain in the semi-finals on June 5 in Stuttgart), the coach of the Blues must deal with some difficulties. As revealed The teamDD would like to summon his players on Friday May 30 in Clairefontaine (except the Champions League finalists), in order to optimize the preparation of this meeting.

This timing would allow the tricolor coach to benefit from 5 days of preparation … except that this idea is not to the taste of certain clubs. With the first edition of this new Club World Cup (June 14 – July 13) and an already overloaded calendar this season, several stables have expressed their reluctance, or even their discontent, at the idea of ​​freeing their players so early. The latter take refuge behind the FIFA regulation to ask their players to join their selection only from Monday June 2 (three days after the date hoped for by Deschamps), official start of the international truce. On the FFF side, we repeat the need to benefit from at least 5 days to prepare a semi-final of tournament.