For ten days, the case seemed to be heard. It is now official. Boubacar Kamara, injured in the right knee, will miss the world. “Bouba will be absent until after the World Cup unfortunately, so it’s a blow,” confirmed Gerrard, the Aston Villa technician, this Friday during a press conference.
Kamara, 22, arrived at the Villans this summer from Marseille, has only 3 selections for the Blues. He had no assurance of being selected, but his package deprives coach Didier Deschamps of a possible alternative solution in the midfield, an area under construction due to numerous injuries affecting French executives.
The main question concerns especially Paul Pogba, who has just had surgery on his right knee in early September and is now engaged in a race against time to be present at the World Cup. Deschamps repeated during the last gathering of the France team that he would only take suitable players to Qatar from the first match of the Blues, on November 22 against Australia.
Called in as reinforcements for the two games in September against Austria (2-0) and Denmark (2-0 defeat) to make up for the defection of Adrien Rabiot, Kamara had to forfeit due to his knee injury contracted on September 16 against Southampton and had gone to Dubai for treatment. While the Blues infirmary was full during the last rally, two good news came this week from Chelsea and Madrid with the return to training of N’Golo Kanté and Karim Benzema.