Paris 2024 Olympic Games: Chotard, Savanier and the ex-Montpellier residents set for June 3, with the announcement of Thierry Henry's pre-list

Thierry Henry devrait convoquer 26 ou 27 joueurs, avant de réduire sa liste à 18. MAXPPP – CHRISTOPHE PETIT TESSON

La FFF a annoncé ce mercredi 29 mai que le sélectionneur de l’équipe de France olympique de football dévoilerait l’identité des joueurs retenus lundi 3 juin. Plusieurs Montpelliérains, actuels ou passés, pourraient y figurer.

Mbappé, Barcola, Lacazette ? Chotard, Savanier, Wahi and Estève ? Monday June 3, during a press conference at 11 a.m. at the headquarters of the FFF, Thierry Henry will raise some questions by revealing the names of 26 or 27 players who will prepare for the Olympic tournament (July 24-August 9) in Clairefontaine, in the Basque Country, then in the French base camp, near Aix-en-Provence.

From 26 or 27 players to 18 on July 5

This first list must be reduced to 18 players by July 3 at the latest when the U23 coach sends his final list to Paris-2024 and Fifa.

As the Olympic tournament is not registered on FIFA dates, clubs are not required to release their players to compete in the competition. For this draft, Henry had to wait for the identity of the players selected with the A by Didier Deschamps for the Euro (June 14-July 14), continue to negotiate with the clubs, French and foreign, so that they agree to release their players, finally know where the selectables will play next season, to be sure that they can participate in the Olympics.

Three friends on the program

Among the selected potentials, several Montpellier residents, current or former, are waiting for Monday to find out. This is the case of midfielders Joris Chotard, called up in March by Thierry Henry but injured, or Téji Savanier, whose presence in an expanded list Laurent Nicollin had revealed in these columns. Defender Maxime Estève, who left MHSC in February to join Burnley (Premier League), or striker Elye Wahi, who left La Paillade for Lens last summer, also have real hopes.< /p>

Les Bleuets will face Paraguay on July 4 in Bayonne, the Dominican Republic on July 11 and Japan on the 17th, in Toulon in preparation matches. The French Olympic team will enter the Olympic Games on July 24 against the United States at the Vélodrome stadium in Marseille, before playing Guinea in Nice (on the 27th) then returning to the Marseille city for the last match of Group A against New Zealand (30th).