It’s a list that caused a lot of talk when it was unveiled last week and like every four years, it left few happy and many disappointed. Last Wednesday, against Gilles Bouleau live on Didier Deschamps announced the players who would go with him to Qatar to defend the chances of the French team, defending champion and who will be eagerly awaited this year. With players like Kylian Mbappé and Karim Benzema, the Blues are advancing with world-class players, but while he had the opportunity to take 26 players, the coach had only announced 25 names during his selection.
A surprising decision since there was no chance of taking an additional element, but Dylan’s father justified his choice at a press conference. “Why 25? I consider that we have enough security to participate in this World Cup”he explained, before adding: “For FIFA, the list will be officially locked on Monday with the possibility, if there are injuries, of changing players until D-1 of our first match”. And obviously, the coach reconsidered his decision since according to information from the newspaper The TeamDidier Deschamps decided to call a 26th player today and it’s not just anyone.
Indeed, according to our colleagues, it is none other than Marcus Thuram who completes the list of Blues called up for the World Cup. A news that should fill his father Lilian Thuram with joy since no one expected such a decision. Author of an absolutely stunning start to the season on the side of Germany with already 13 goals, the 25-year-old player will therefore have the happiness of leaving for Qatar with the Blues. Information that has just formalized the news on his Twitter account.