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“Immensely proud to once again have the chance to represent my country in the finest of competitions. “It is with these words that Presnel Kimpembe evoked, through a message posted on social networks, his summons to the list of 25 Blues selected for the World Cup in Qatar (November 20-December 18). The 27-year-old defender must have felt a glimmer of relief from his injury-plagued first half of the season: a hamstring injury kept him sidelined from September 11 to October 25 and another injury in Achilles tendon, made him miss the last two games of PSG against Juventus Turin and Lorient.