Rarely severe with his players, Didier Deschamps did not spare Ferland Mendy, recalled last June before having to forfeit.
Most often a holder at Real Madrid since his arrival at the Merengue in the summer of 2019, Ferland Mendy, on the other hand, is struggling to win with the Blues. Since his first selection in the fall of 2018, the former Lyonnais has thus totaled only 9 selections and has not been selected for Euro 2021 or the 2022 World Cup.
The native of Meulan must certainly deal with severe competition in the left lane, embodied in particular by the Hernandez brothers. But the behavior of the Madrilenian does not plead in his favor either if we are to believe the comments made by Didier Deschamps during his long interview granted to The Team. Asked about his low use among the Blues, the coach crushed his player.
If he first advanced “competition” at his post, the Bayonnais delivered the bottom of his thoughts on his package during the last rally at the end of the season. “Without being mean, the last episode, in June, is not too much to his credit: he is selected on Thursday, and I am informed a week later, the day before the rally, that he cannot join us because he is being treated, he breathed. Well, I accept it, but besides that, Bouba Kamara had to go on honeymoon, and he came anyway.
The double world champion, on the other hand, slightly opened the door to Benjamin Mendy, acquitted in the rape case of which he had been accused and landed in Lorient during the summer. “Benjamin hasn’t been able to play for two years. He wants to renew the thread of his career in Lorient. From the moment the justice found him not guilty, I do not see why I should consider him as non-selectable, even if his return is not on the agenda. he launched.
