L’Equipe: France’s World Cup roster has 16 seats, Camavinga needs to work hard, Pogba is also possible

November 15th: The French team will announce its roster for the World Cup in mid-May next year. L'Equipe wrote an article analyzing the final roster, pointing out that 16 players are confirmed to be traveling with the team, including Mbappe and other players. The remaining players will compete for the final 10 spots, while pointing out that Pogba may still have a chance.

Barring injuries, they will definitely go

L’Equipe wrote that goalkeepers Maignan and Chevalier seem confident enough to not worry about personnel changes, although the Paris Saint-Germain goalkeeper has not yet played for the national team. The backline is probably the position with the least suspense: Kounde, Upamecano, William Saliba, Konate, Lucas Digne and Theo Hernandez have already established themselves far ahead of the other contenders.

Before them, there was almost no suspense about the selection of Chuameni, Manu Cone and Rabiot. However, the rest of the positions seem less clear. Finally, offensively, Deschamps has plenty of options and competition will be fierce at every position. Mbappe, Dembélé, Dedue, Barcola and Olise are almost certain to be included. According to November predictions, 16 of the 26 players are already confirmed to be traveling with the team.

The remaining 10 positions

For the last 10 positions, the Guardian analyzed that Samba and Areola, who are back in form, will compete for the last goalkeeper position. At right back, Marlo Gusteau is almost guaranteed, ahead of Krause.

Camavinga needs to maintain good form at Real Madrid to avoid being left out of the starting lineup. The situation is similar for Emery, who has returned to his peak. This international match day proved that the experienced Kanter is still very threatening, even more than players such as Guendouzi, Thuram, Fofana and Kamara.

For forward players, the next few months will be fierce competition at club level. If Shirki and Ekitic can continue to improve, they will have a chance to compete for the main spot. If Muani and Marcus Thuram can maintain good form at Tottenham Hotspur and Inter Milan respectively, they will also have the opportunity to compete for the main position, and Mateta needs to show a more convincing performance.

U21 Players

Team News continues to analyze the selection of U21 players. Among the U21 players, the 20-year-old Odobel is deeply appreciated by the French national team coaching staff, but the competition for his position is extremely fierce, just like his Tottenham Hotspur teammate, also 20-year-old Ter, whose performance in the national team has always been very stable.

Lille's Bouadi continues to impress, and his stable performance makes him very competitive.

Veterans

Finally, the team report talked about the possibility of veterans being selected. With reference to Benzema in 2021 or Kante in 2024, will Deschamps consider using old players? We are inevitably reminded of Paul Pogba - even though he has yet to get any playing time in a Monaco shirt.