The wanted midfielder Rayan Cherki was awarded a first call to the French team today for the final of the League of Nations.
The Blues will face Spain on June 5 in Stuttgart in the semi-finals, the winner spending a match for the title with Germany or Portugal in Munich three days later.
And Cherki will be involved after an extremely impressive season with Lyon.
Deschamps said, “Why now? Because I decided it. It is my responsibility.
“Rayan could also have been there in March, given what he does with his club where he was much more decisive.”
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Cherki began to spend in summer
Cherki has already declared his intention to leave Lyon at the end of the season after 14 years with the Gones. The 21 -year -old scored 29 goals and contributed 45 assists in 185 games for the club, a statistics that aroused the interest of several of the best European clubs.
Cherki’s inclusion was supported by Thierry Henry, who led him during the France race at the silver medal at the Paris Olympic Games from last year.
Henry told Le Parisien: “I have always been honest and Frank with him. His problem is that he had never been able to link matches to show the extraordinary player he is. But to continue, he had to do things defensively for the duration of a game.
“This season, he did. I appreciate it. It’s just that sometimes you had to be hard, like a father with his son.
“Rayan is super intelligent, he loves and understands football. There are guys who do things and who cannot explain why. And then there is Rayan, who can explain everything. He knows everything.”
Saliba lacks
There was no room for William Saliba, who damaged an ischio-leg game for Arsenal this weekend, while the central file of Bayern Munich Dayot Upamecano, the right back by Barcelona Jules Koundé and the Real Madrido midfielder Eduardo Camavanga are also sidelined.
The France Squad is: Mike Maignan (AC Milan), Lucas Chevalier (Lille), Brice Samba (Rennes); Ibrahima Konaté (Liverpool), Benjamin Pavard (Inter Milan), Theo Hernandez (AC Milan), Lucas Hernandez (PSG), Loic Badé (Sevilla), Malo Gusto (Chelsea), Pierre Kalulu (Juventus), Clément Lenglet (Atlético Madrid), Lucas Digne (Aston Villa); Aurélien Tchouameni (Real Madrid), Mattéo Guendouzi (Lazio), Manu Koné (Roma), Adrien Rabiot (Marseille), Warren Zaïre-Emery (PSG); Désiré Doué (PSG), Bradley Barcola (PSG), Ousmane Dembélé (PSG), Kylian Mbappé (Real Madrid), Randal Kolo Muani (Juventus), Michael Olise (Bayern Munich), Marcus Thuram (Inter Milan), Rayan Cherki (Lyon)
