Thierry Henry should continue to look at his copy. According to the newspaper L’Equipe, Burnley have decided to block Maxime Esteve. The 22-year-old centre-back should therefore not compete at the Paris Olympics this summer. While the French team is due to meet this Sunday in Clairefontaine, the English club has justified this obstacle with an injury to one of its elements, which will force the relegated team to keep the Frenchman.
Coach Blue is forced to submit to this will of England: clubs are not obliged to release their players, given that the Olympic Games are not taken into account in the FIFA calendar.
Seven failures
Therefore, the management of the Olympic selection began to look for one or two more players to find a list of 22 or 23 names, L’Equipe also adds. Henry has already received six rejections. On June 3, he called up 25 players. But since then, Lille players Lucas Chevalier, Leni Joro and Baphode Diakite, Parisians Bradley Barcola and Warren Zaire-Emery, and Bavarian Mathis Tel have had to be excluded from the list. Other clubs blocked their players even before the French selection was announced.
“I would like to remind everyone that this list is virtual, this is a list of the moment,” the former striker recalled. This may change before July 3rd. In France, it is the clubs that have the right to say yes or no. We learned two no’s 25 minutes ago, so you understand the situation. »
Source: Le Parisien
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