This is one of the surprises on the list unveiled this Wednesday by Didier Deschamps for the Final Four of the Champions League. Package in March due to a muscular problem, N'Golo Kanté is once again absent in the midfield.
This time, however, unlike Dayot Upamecano, William Saliba, Wesley Fofana, Jules Koundé or Eduardo Camavonga, the former Caennais was fully operational. Recent Saudi Arabian champion with Al Ittihad, he thus played the entire meeting against Al Shabab on Tuesday.
But to believe The teamDidier Deschamps, as he was able to explain to the interested party, prefers to give playing time to new generation players like Manu Koné or Warren Zaïre-Emery. However, the staff of the Blues did not make a cross on the native of Suresnes, who hopes to compete for the 2026 World Cup.
“History is over with N'Golo Kanté”
For Ludo Obraniak, it is nevertheless time to turn the page.
“I think there are players who are in championships that are not major championships. Who ? BeIN N'Golo Kanté. I'm sorry but the story is over with N'Golo Kanté,
he thus entrusted to the microphone of the chain l'Equipe. There are career choices. He will have a third consecutive year in Saudi Arabia. I'm sorry, we can say what we want but the rhythms are different. He also begins to age, we saw him during the last major competition. He was good on two games and after … “
The former Bordeaux, however, would have desired the comeback of Ludovic Obraniak. “I want to see him again, he is only thirty years old in the end. One has the impression that he has 33 but he is only 30 years old. So if it is at this level of form there and that the injuries are behind him, in this case, in the midfielder compared to what is done with Tchouameni and Camavonga this year, I am sorry but it is essential, he explained. It is essential in the selection for the Blues, with his experience, with lots of things. ”
