France will be stronger with N'Golo Kante - Deschamps - video Dailymotion

N'Golo Kante has been called up for France's Euro 2024 squad, despite not playing for Les Blues since 2022

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00:00 His last selection was in June 2022.

00:05 What followed was much more complicated for him,

00:09 with a season with serious injuries where he played very little.

00:15 This certainly prevented him from being part of the World Cup group.

00:21 Then he went back to a season where he was followed regularly,

00:27 where he was able to regain his football and athletics skills

00:32 by winning a lot of matches.

00:35 If some people don't know, he's still playing.

00:39 The situation in my head was clear for Renji.

00:43 There were two things.

00:45 One was that I wanted him to regain his ability on the pitch.

00:50 And while he was there, to give the young players time to play,

00:56 who had shown great potential during the World Cup,

01:00 and to gain more experience.

01:04 I made that decision because I think that the French team

01:10 will be stronger with Renji.

01:13 NG.