Football – PSG
PSG: Barcola soon like Ribéry in Germany?
Published on April 23, 2024 at 1:00 p.m.
Graduated from School of Journalism in Paris. Specializing in football, and more particularly on the transfer window. Fan of PSG and Stade Français.
Currently in full swing with PSG, Bradley Barcola is expected to join Didier Dechamps’ list for the Euro in Germany, although he has no selection with the Blues. He could thus follow in the footsteps of Franck Ribéry, Mathieu Valbuena or even Steve Mandanda, who had been summoned for an international tournament without any cap in the selection.
Recruited by the PSG for €50M during the last transfer window summer, Bradley Barcola (21) had a hesitant start before clearly gaining momentum over the months. Strongly desired by Luis Enriquethe former striker of theOL ended up finding a place in the Spanish coach’s eleven for the big Champions League matches, as evidenced by his XXL performance last week in the quarter-final second leg against Barcelona. And according to the latest trends, Barcola could even play the Euro in Germany with theFrench team this summer, although until now he has never been called by Didier The fields.
Barcola at the Euro with 0 selection?
The attacker of PSG could indeed benefit from its very convincing season, but above all from the great uncertainty surrounding the case Kingsley Coman (affected the adductors) to integrate the French selection at the last minute, just in time for the Euro. And Bradley Barcola would not be the first in the history of the Blues in this scenario, far from it…
Ribéry, Mandanda, Valbuena…
Indeed, in the recent history ofFrench team, there are numerous cases of players having been called up at the dawn of an international competition, without the slightest selection on the clock. This was the case for Djibril Cisse at the 2002 World Cup, Pascal Chimbonda as well as Frank Ribery at the 2006 World Cup, which also took place in Germany. Just before Euro 2008, Steve Mandanda And Bafétimbi Gomis had also been summoned to general surprise by Raymond Domenechwho did it again two years later for the World Cup in South Africa with Mark Planus And Matthew Valbuena.
Didier The fields also maintained this tradition with Remy Cabella And Morgan Schneiderlin for the 2014 World Cup, Samuel Umtiti at Euro 2016, and finally Steve Nzonzi as well as Benjamin Pavard for the 2018 World Cup in Russia. It remains to be seen whether Bradley Barcola will indeed be the new surprise of theFrench team for the Euro in Germany this summer.
