No longer called up for the French team for almost two years, will N’Golo Kanté one day return to the Blues? Didier Deschamps responded this Sunday.
From 2016 to 2022, N’Golo Kanté won the French team. A key man in the midfield concocted by Didier Deschamps, the former Stade Malherbe Caen player saw his career with the Blues crowned with a world title in 2018. But over the seasons, the Parisian’s physique began to give some dangerous signs of fatigue. So much so that he ended up leaving the plans of Didier Deschamps forced to find other solutions. The French coach agreed to talk about a player he hasn’t called for more than two years.
Invited to speak this Sunday on the show Téléfoot, Didier Deschamps wanted to play fair. “ I have options with younger players who are also satisfactory. I am not ruling out, but I am making sure to anticipate and plan for the medium term. » While N’Golo Kanté’s last selection dates back to a Nations League match lost on June 3, 2022 against Denmark (1-2), the coach nevertheless left a little hope to the current player of Al- Ittihad.
Obstacles, but an open door
Asked about the fact that the page had perhaps not yet been turned for Kanté with the Blues, “DD” replied frankly “ No “. While he will celebrate his thirty-third birthday on March 29, the former Chelsea midfielder can still believe in a new call-up, however hypothetical it seems to date. It remains to be seen whether he still has the desire to give himself the means to play at the highest level and attract the attention of his coach.
His choice to go into exile last summer in Saudi Arabia left doubt. His two years away from the selection and the emergence of several French midfielders are all additional obstacles which have added to a return for him to the Blues. But Didier Deschamps has proven in the past that he can recall players, even after a long period of absence. In any case, he left the door open for N’Golo Kanté.
