Wesley Fofana withdraws, Benjamin Pavard recalled with the Blues

Defender Wesley Fofana is out of the French team’s two matches in the Nations League – against Israel, Thursday, and Italy, Sunday –, the French Football Federation (FFF) announced on Monday, November 11. .

The Chelsea player, 23 years old and a selection with the Blues, “feels recurring pain in left knee”following the Premier League match against Arsenal on November 10. He had already been excused from the September gathering, for “follow a treatment protocol, linked to the injuries which had kept him away from the field for a long time”specified the FFF at the time.

Wesley Fofana suffered a ruptured cruciate ligament in his knee before the start of the 2023-2024 financial year, not playing any meetings with the France team throughout last season.

He was replaced in the list of coach Didier Deschamps by Benjamin Pavard. An opportunity for the Inter Milan defender, 28 years old and 54 caps, to regain his health with the Blues. The 2018 world champion did not play a single minute during the Euro in Germany this summer, and was not called up for the September and October rallies.