The 24-year-old attacking midfielder, very successful with his club RB Leipzig, was called up for the first time by Didier Deschamps on Thursday.
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Like many other Parisian “titis”, he had to export himself to explode. Christopher Nkunku, passed by the young selections of the France team, will join the Blues of Didier Deschamps for the first time. A summons, announced Thursday, March 17, which rewards a start to the season where the Frenchman has made himself indispensable for his club RB Leipzig.
At 24, Christopher Nkunku is changing dimensions in Germany. Trained at Paris Saint-Germain, with whom he played 78 games and won three French championship titles, the attacking midfielder left the capital, where competition was fierce, to join Leipzig in the summer of 2019. He gradually imposed with the German club, semi-finalist of the Champions League in 2020, under the orders of Julian Nagelsmann. “He’s got a lot of talent. He’s a great player who is very quick. He likes to play, he’s good at finishing and he’s good at delivering the last pass”he said of the Frenchman before joining the Bayern Munich bench.
His successor at Leipzig, Jesse Marsch, was no less complimentary: “Christopher has no weaknesses. He is young and still wants a lot more. Working with him is very pleasant, because he is really smart and has a lot of potential”. The American technician cannot do without the Frenchman: 38 games played, for a total of 26 goals and 12 assists in all competitions. Among his notable achievements: a hat-trick against Manchester City in the Champions League. Performances that Didier Deschamps did not miss, emphasizing that he “has very good statistics with his club.”
In constant progress since his arrival in Leipzig, Christopher Nkunku will therefore discover the France A team for the first time, after having passed through the youth selections without scoring a goal. Fast and versatile, it remains to be seen where Didier Deschamps will play him, since he is sometimes aligned on the wing with his club. The coach has already given some indications by declaring, when announcing the list that he is “in an axial role, with a lot of freedom, he is close to the goal. With us, its use will be in this sector.”