Thierry Henry, coach of the French Olympic team, took note this Saturday of Maxime Estève’s withdrawal from the Olympics. The defender is retained by his club Burnley.
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Maxime Estève should ultimately not participate in the Olympic Games with the French team. | PHOTO: WEST FRANCE ARCHIVES / JEROME FOUQUET
This is a new package with which Thierry Henry must deal, while the French Olympic team gathers this Sunday evening in Clairefontaine. Maxime Estève, central defender of Burney, should finally be retained by his club. The English team, which plays in the second division, justified its last-minute turnaround by the injury of one of its players, forcing the Lancashire club to retain the former Montpellier player.
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After Lucas Chevalier, Leny Yoro, Bafodé Diakité, Bradley Barcola, Warren Zaire-Emery and Mathys Tell, this is the seventh defection for the French camp, which has no choice since the Olympic Games are not part of the Fifa calendar.
