Mathys Tel (Bayern) and Elye Wahi (Montpellier) will also not be released for the U20 World Cup

And in the end, they will still be twenty-one… Two years after the fiasco of the Olympic Games and the premature elimination of Bleuets, Landry Chauvin was faced with a rather surreal puzzle to compose the list of players – returned public on Wednesday – who will be called up for the U20 World Cup in Argentina (May 20-June 11). The coach has thus suffered no less than 28 refusals from the clubs, free not to leave their players available since the tournament is played outside FIFA dates.

The FFF had already recorded the club’s decision for Eliesse Ben Seghir (Monaco), Désiré Doué (Rennes), Isaak Touré (Auxerre), Lucas Gourna-Douath (Salzburg), Mohamed-Ali Cho (Real Sociedad), Saël Kumbedi and Malo Gusto (OL) or Junior Mwanga (Bordeaux). Until Tuesday, Landry Chauvin expected to be able to attract, despite everything, some other talents of this generation. But neither Bayern Munich striker Mathys Tel nor Montpellier’s Elye Wahi will be included in this list. Always for the same reason.

Ba, Michut and Kari won’t be there either

While it was in the defensive and offensive sector that the Blueberries were the most impacted, they also had to deal with the withdrawals, in the middle, of two basic men of this promotion: Abdoullah Ba and Edouard Michut, whose team from Sunderland (Championship) is finally qualified for the accession play-offs. Lorient did not want to release the promising Ayman Kari either.

To achieve a high goal – semi-finals -, the staff will therefore rely on inexperienced players such as Yann Liénard, Jordan Semedo Varela (Monaco), Tanguy Zoukrou, Wilson Odobert (Troyes), Cheikh Keita (Reims) or Warren Bondo (Reggina). There were still some uncertainties on Tuesday about the last players called up (in particular Lille’s Alan Virginius). Ten years after the crowning of the Areola-Umtiti-Pogba generation in Turkey, it is an uncertain group that will start the competition in Argentina. The first match of the French U20s is scheduled for May 22 against South Korea.