It was the announcement that all the French were waiting for last night at 8 p.m. when they put on the TF1 newspaper, presented by Gilles Bouleau. Present on tray, Didier Deschamps was able to announce live the list of players he has chosen to participate in the World Cup, which will be held in Qatar in ten days. The coach could take up to 26 players this year, but he decided to take 25. If we find without surprise the stars of the team, like Kylian Mbappé or Karim Benzema, there are a few names that were not not necessarily expected, like that of Jordan Veretout.
Not well known to the French public, the 29-year-old played for big clubs, such as AS Roma in Italy and since this summer he has been playing for Olympique de Marseille. Alongside Matteo Guendouzi, also called up to the Blues, the player trained in Nantes had a good start and he was rewarded yesterday by Didier Deschamps, who decided to call him to be part of his group. If other players have remained on the floor, like Jonathan Clauss, the midfielder is therefore in the list and for Daniel Rioloif it’s not a huge surprise, it is nevertheless a somewhat surprising choice.
There’s the gift, I’ve been waiting for it for a while, it still fell
In the show After Football where he intervenes every weekday evening, the journalist in a relationship with Géraldine Maillet returned to this choice of the coach. “There’s the gift, I’ve been waiting for it for a while, it still fell. Jordan Veretout is on the list”starts Daniel Riolo, before releasing some rather surprising information: “It’s normal, he changed agents not very long ago.to go to the stable of Vadim Vasilyev whose employee is Bachir Néhar (who holds the position of steward within the France team), but we have not said anything, especially no subtext in my remarks, none. But still ‘thank you Jordan Veretout for being there’ (…) But it’s just information!”