Football: Didier Deschamps announces his list for the next matches of the Blues, Michael Olise and Manu Koné called up for the first time
|Didier Deschamps has been in charge of Les Bleus since 2012. dpa – Tom Weller
Forward Michael Olise and midfielder Manu Koné, silver medallists at the Paris Olympics, have been called up to the French team for the first time to face Italy on September 6 and Belgium on September 9 in the Nations League, Didier Deschamps announced on Thursday.
The list of 23 players, the first since Euro-2024 concluded in the semi-finals by the Blues, also includes another change with the return of defender Wesley Fofana.
𝐂’𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐥𝐚 𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞́𝐞 🧳😄
📋 Voici la liste des Bleus pour les 2 prochains matchs de Ligue des Nations contre l’Italie 🇮🇹 et la Belgique 🇧🇪
Avec les premières convocations de 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐮 𝐊𝐨𝐧𝐞́ et 𝐌𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐞𝐥 𝐎𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐞 👋#FiersdetreBleus pic.twitter.com/QyUrLmygQu
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