Present in the group of World Champions in 2018, Ousmane Dembélé sees his future in Blues becoming more and more complicated. Victim of a complete rupture of the femoral bicep tendon of the right thigh as announced by his club on Tuesday, the FC Barcelona winger sees his participation in Euro 2020 greatly compromised.
This injury is in addition to a long list of unavailable in the France team, especially among the wingers. While the return of Florian Thauvin, present at the 2018 World Cup and absent since the start of the season, is expected for March at the earliest, Moussa Sissoko, in the group of Didier Deschamps since 2014, should not return before April or May.
“My choice is limited. The calendars are insane. The physical is subject to such rates that at one time or another, the risk is higher. This is why we have a lot of injuries, "explained the French coach, last September.
Towards a return of Dimitri Payet?
To compensate for these absences, the coach of the Blues had called Jonathan Ikoné and Thomas Lemar in 2019, but the two wingers live a complicated season, which could deprive them of a place in the group of Blues. However, Didier Deschamps should have Kingsley Coman, whose return to the ranks of Bayern Munich is expected for this Sunday, against Leipzig, after having been injured in an ankle last December.
To support Kingsley Coman and Kylian Mbappé, the coach of the Blues could call on Dimitri Payet, although he did not hide that a return from Marseille was complicated: "Dimitri is always selectable but I will not make you drawing. It is not in the current logic, "explained the three-color technician at the last rally, despite his double against OL (2-1) last November.
Five months from the final list, Didier Deschamps has a final test next March with two meetings, against Ukraine (March 27) and Finland (March 31), to test. The possibility of seeing a new element cannot be excluded.
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