Nothing is going well between the French team and Paris Saint-Germain. At a time when the Blues must face Azerbaijan and Iceland as part of the 2026 World Cup qualifiers, Bradley Barcola's injury – announced forfeit and replaced by Florian Thauvin – has rekindled lively tensions, which appeared in last September after the physical seeds of Ousmane Dembélé and Désiré Délé against Ukraine. Called by the coach, the Parisian winger introduced himself to Clairefontaine, before quickly leaving due to“A chronic lesion of the right hamstrings since the Champions League match of the Paris club against the Atalanta Bergame”.
A clarification which did not please at all at the PSG, which “Take note of the press release” astonishment “since, according to the club, “The information does not correspond in any way to the medical information communicated by the medical teams (…) Paris Saint-Germain transmitted to the French team a medical assessment of Bradley Barcola not in any case of a chronic lesion after the match against Atalanta”. But according to The teamthe club had already expressed its wish not to see the ex-Lyonnais participate in the rally after an MRI spent in the morning.
PSG was furious after the FFF press release
But the press release published by the FFF did not rail internally on the Parisian side, since it is seen as a way to put the fault on the club after having voluntarily dated this injury, PSG wishing “That medical confidentiality must be respected for the good of all parties”. But the federation defends itself and claims to have made a classic communication, specifying having “The habit of communicating the reason for the packages, as do clubs” do “. But this is where the disagreement comes from, since Paris ensures that the injury was noted against Lille, where it had been released in the 60th minute.
Didier Deschamps could also have kept Bradley Barcola in selection if the issues had been more decisive, but the coach preferred to think of the November rally, which should be more decisive for the qualification for the 2026 World Cup. But it is the communication of the FFF rather than the decision which did not please PSG and well won the relations between the two institutions, while a appeasement had been announced after the episodes. Gifted. This could have consequences, since there are only two Parisians summoned, against five in September.
