Back in the French team, after missing the last two meetings due to injury, Rayan Cherki should start against Ukraine on Thursday evening at the Parc des Princes, according to
The Team and RMC Sport. The former Lyonnais will therefore be expected at the turning point during this decisive match which, in the event of victory, will send the Blues to the 2026 World Cup.
Author of a remarkable debut in the tricolor jersey last June, during the Final Four of the League of Nations, the young attacking midfielder (22 years old) has since changed dimension, at least at club level, by joining Manchester City. A new status that he must now confirm in the selection, something his teammates and his coach do not seem to doubt.
“He’s a special talent.affirms Kylian Mbappé. For me, he has a gift that he is exploiting. He is an innate, spectacular talent. He has integrated very well into the group and into Manchester City, which is not easy. I hope he continues like this. With us, he started well. There he has an opportunity to come back, I hope he will be as good as at Manchester City. »
Rayan Cherki, “he’s a special talent, he has a gift”
“He has this technical ability to be able to make differences, through passing or goalssupports Didier Deschamps, also seduced by the profile of the neo-Citizen. He has freedom like all offensive players. (…) That he has this ability to be able to come in and make differences is good, we haven’t always had that. It is only at the very beginning. » It’s up to him to write the rest.
Not always easy in the French team. “He changes environment, team, partners but he is capable of being decisive from the startexplains “DD”.
In absolute terms, at the end of the match with the opponent’s fatigue, when you are a technical player like him, there is an advantage. It might help. But he has the ability to start matches and be decisive too. »
