It’s now official, Didier Deschamps has announced his list of 23 players who will take part in the first qualifying matches for Euro 2024 against the Netherlands on March 24, as well as against Ireland on March 27. If a few new faces have made their appearance (Khephren Thuram, Wesley Fofana and Brice Samba), the coach decided not to call on Alexandre Lacazette, while the latter is one of the most prolific scorers in France. But the OL striker does not seem concerned about the situation.
His last selection dates back to November 2017. Facing germany that night, Alexandre Lacazette scored a double at cologne during a friendly match. After a stint at Arsenal where he will have experienced ups and downs, the striker had decided to return to Lyons last summer. Captain of OL this season, he is one of the best scorers in the championship with 17 goals, and surely the best player of the Rhone club this season. But if these elements will not have finally succeeded in convincing Didier Deschamps to summon him in French team, Alexandre Lacazettehe was evasive about it.
A record Alexandre Lacazette responded to Deschamps
After the draw conceded by OL against Nantes this Friday (1-1) which allowed the striker, scorer for his team, to become the second best scorer in the history of the club, Alexandre Lacazette came back after the meeting on this non-convocation, he who is one of the best players in the championship of France this season.
A player abandons the France team, he gets knocked out https://t.co/u7ZfoGPMy9 pic.twitter.com/gTMEsdeWHI
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“A nice surprise”, Lacazette lucid about his situation with the Blues
The former strikerArsenal declares: “If he (Deschamps, nldr) calls me, it would be a nice surprise because he hasn’t called me for a while. But I’m not focused on that. I’m focused on my team and my club.”. It must be said thatAlexandre Lacazette does not really seem to be part of the plans of Didier Deschampsespecially with the new generation that is coming.
