An alarming piece of news surrounding developments in the France national team squad has come to the fore late on Friday evening.
The subject of personnel woes has of course taken its place front and centre in Les Bleus’ camp ahead of the Qatar World Cup kicking into gear.
This comes after key midfield pair N’Golo Kante and Paul Pogba were joined on the absentee list for the tournament by Christopher Nkunku.
A training ground challenge with Eduardo Camavinga saw RB Leipzig standout Nkunku come out the worse, with his withdrawal from Didier Deschamps’ ranks, in turn, having been confirmed earlier this week.
🇫🇷 Nkunku contraint de quitter l’entrainement des Bleus en boitant. pic.twitter.com/yJrL7yHP65
— RMC Sport (@RMCsport) November 15, 2022
And now, as alluded to above, yet another source of concern has been confirmed, late on Friday night.
The info comes courtesy of Fabrice Hawkins of French outlet RMC Sport, who has revealed that Karim Benzema was forced to limp out of training a short time ago.
In turn, news of his premature training ground exit is set to spark widespread fears across Les Bleus’ camp, with Olivier Giroud looking more and more likely to be given the nod to lead the line on Tuesday night.
🚨🚨 Karim Benzema a quitté l’entraînement BLESSÉ !
— Actu Foot (@ActuFoot_) November 19, 2022
*Update* – Ensuing chatter has pointed towards the possibility of Benzema’s World Cup dream being brought to a definitive end over the coming days:
