Presnel Kimpembe will not play the 2022 World Cup in Qatar (November 20-December 18). The central defender of Paris Saint-Germain must forfeit.
The news was confirmed by the French Football Federation on Monday. Insufficiently recovered from an injury to the Achilles tendon, despite fifteen minutes played on Sunday against Auxerre, the 2018 world champion is replaced in Didier Deschamps’ group by Axel Disasi, the central defender of AS Monaco. The former Rémois has no selection with the A. With the Principality club, the 24-year-old player played 23 games in 2022-2023, for 3 goals.
“Presnel Kimpembe will not participate in the World Cup. The Paris-SG defender does not consider himself sufficiently recovered to be able to hold his place in the defense of the Blues in Qatar. This decision was taken this morning, in Clairefontaine, after an exchange between the player and the doctor of the French team, Dr. Franck Le Gall, then between the player and Didier Deschamps. The staff of the French team salutes the honesty of Presnel and wishes him to regain all of his physical means as soon as possible. Didier Deschamps has decided, to replace Presnel Kimpembe, to call on Axel Disasi. The AS Monaco defender is expected during the day at Clairefontaine.”
After the packages of midfielders N’Golo Kanté and Paul Pogba, the France team suffered a new blow. As a reminder, Kylian Mbappé’s teammates will face Australia (Tuesday November 22), Denmark (Saturday November 26) and Tunisia (Wednesday November 30) in Group D. Earlier, France announced the call-up of Borussia Mönchengladbach striker Marcus Thuram.
Insufficiently recovered from his injury, Presnel Kimpembe will not participate in the World Cup. 𝗔𝘅𝗲𝗹 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗮𝘀𝗶 has been called to replace him!#ProudToBeBlues pic.twitter.com/UpaVQZWPWf
— French team
(@equipedefrance) November 14, 2022
