It was in the pipes, the France team confirmed the information on Monday morning.
Tested positive for Covid last week with Bayern Munich, Benjamin Pavard, even if he is asymptomatic, cannot respond to Didier Deschamps' summons for the matches against Côte d'Ivoire on Friday in Marseille and against Africa du Sud on Tuesday in Villeneuve-d'Ascq.
The former Lille resident, who had long hoped to be able to make the trip to Clairefontaine, had to give up.
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Suddenly, his absence is the delight of William Saliba, summoned for the first time with the A and who is rewarded for his good season with OM.
The Olympian defender is expected this Monday afternoon, like all his partners, to start the training camp at the castle.