Thierry Henry who is in charge of leading France to the Paris 2024 Olympics, released on Monday his final list, which does not include any players from the current senior team and which includes the Sevilla player Loïc Badé, the veteran scorer Alexandre Lacazette (Lyon) and Michael Olise (Bayern Munich).
As expected, the Madridistas are officially out Kylian Mbappé and Eduardo Camavinga; the athletic Antoine Griezmann; and Olivier Giroud, among others who presented themselves as applicants. They are all, at the moment, in the European Championship in Germany and tomorrow they will face Spain in the semifinals.
As Olympic events are not part of the FIFA calendar, clubs are not obliged to release their players. Despite the efforts of Henry and from its federation, Real Madrid, Atlético and other top clubs refused to allow their players to be called up.
Lacazette, great star
The only first-order name where Henry was able to say yes Lacazette, 33 years old. A prolific scorer at Arsenal (2017-2022) and Lyon – the club he loves – the striker continues to score for the latter club. This past season he finished with 19 goals in Ligue 1.
Sevilla’s central defender also stood out Bade (24 years old), the forward Rayan Cherki and the British nationalized the French Michael Olise, transferred on Sunday from Crystal Palace to Bayern Munich in exchange for around 60 million euros. On the other hand, the Bavarian club did not agree to release Mathis Tel.
The French Olympic team is aiming to repeat its gold from the Los Angeles Games in 1984 and, in this edition where it is the host, it is part of group A with the United States, Guinea and New Zealand.
The 18 summoned by Henry
Goalkeepers: Obed Nkambadio (Paris FC) and Guillaume Restes (Toulouse).
Defenses: Loïc Badé (Seville), Bradley Locko (Brest), Castello Lukeba (Leipzig, ALE), Soungoutou Magassa (Monaco), Kiliann Sildillia (Freiburg, ALE) and Adrien Truffert (Rennes).
Midfielders: Maghnes Akliouche (Monaco), Joris Chotard (Montepellier), Désiré Doué (Rennes), Manu Koné (Borussia Mönchengladbach, GER) and Enzo Millot (Stuttgart, GER).
Faces: Rayan Cherki (Lyon), Arnaud Kalimuendo (Rennes), Alexandre Lacazette (Lyon), Jean-Philippe Mateta (Crystal Palace ING) and Michael Olise (Crystal Palace, ING).
Replacements: Théo de Percin (Auxerre), Andy Diouf (Lens), Chrislain Matsima (Monaco) and Lesley Ugochukwu (Chelsea, ING).
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Source: La Verdad
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