Sentences with phrase «deschamps world cup squad»
Sources close to Dembele have told me that the French striker is keen to secure a move in January as he still holds out some hope he could make a late charge for a place in Didier Deschamps World Cup squad.
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Having fought his way into Didier Deschamps» 2014 World Cup finals squad Schneiderlin feels it's imperative he secures a «big» move and wants to join a club that can offer him a first taste of Champions League football and is said to be hopeful of making a move to Arsenal to work under Arsene Wenger.
Arsenal's supersub Olivier Giroud has been told by the France coach Didier Deschamps that he will need to play regular first team football if he wants to be chosen for the international squad at the World Cup in Russia this summer, and Giroud himself has admitted that he is desperate to go to what could be his large major tournament of his career.
A good omen for the 33 - year - old, and the rest of Didier Deschamps» talented squad, is that France have won two major tournaments when playing on home soil — Euro 1984 and the 1998 World Cup.
Atanes herself made headlines last year after Didier Deschamps cut Nasri from the French national squad being taken to the Brazil World Cup.
French coach Didier Deschamps has insisted that Benjamin Mendy can still earn a place in his Russia 2018 World Cup squad.
The striker is yet to start in the league for the Gunners, but has shown glimpses of his form returning in recent matches with three goals in his last three games in all competitions and was named in Deschamps» squad for Friday's World Cup qualifier with Sweden and friendly with Ivory Coast next week.
Those two games were supposed to help Deschamps» decision making process before the announcement of his World Cup squad.
He was due to be part of the France World Cup squad in Brazil and was in the original squad of 23 named by boss Didier Deschamps.
Booked tickets: Didier Deschamps will already have the core of his 23 - man World Cup squad mentally selected, featuring the likes of captain Hugo Lloris, defenders Raphael Varane and Samuel Umtiti, midfielders Paul Pogba, N'Golo Kante, Blaise Matuidi and Adrien Rabiot, as well as attackers Antoine Griezmann, Kylian Mbappe and Olivier Giroud.