Thomas Heurtel and the French team, it’s officially “over”

His signing on September 21 at the Zénith Saint-Petersburg, three days after the end of the last Euro, caused a lot of noise. His reaction to criticism, which he assured to have “nothing to fuck”, even more. Thomas Heurtel is indeed excluded from the France team, confirmed this Tuesday to The Team the president of the French Basketball Federation (FFBB). “To date, for me, I consider that he will no longer be there, reacted Jean-Pierre Sieutat. It’s over. »

According to the leader, the former Real Madrid leader “did not respect his commitment”, while “we [lui] presented things clearly. The 33-year-old international had signed in early August, like all the Blues selected for the Euro, a sworn statement at the request of the FFBB “indicating that he was not engaged and that he did not envisage not to sign with a Russian or Belarusian club”.

Ciao the 2023 World Cup and the 2024 Olympics

There is therefore no longer any question of a possible participation in the 2023 World Cup or the Paris Olympics the following year if Heurtel leaves Russia at the end of the season, as the Federation seemed to suggest in September. The continental final lost against Spain (76-88) will therefore have been, unless the situation is reversed, Heurtel’s 99th and last selection.

Sieutat differentiates his case from those of Louis Labeyrie (Kazan) and Livio Jean-Charles (CSKA Moscow), the two other Blues playing in Russia who, not selected for the Euro, have therefore not signed the famous certificate.