Zapping But! Football Club Top 10: the most loyal players in Ligue 1
Coach of the France Espoirs team, Sylvain Ripoll must compose a list of 18 players (+4 reservists) for the Tokyo Olympic Games. A real headache for the technician who comes up against an outcry in Ligue 1.
Indeed, since clubs are not required to let their internationals slip away on dates that do not fit into the FIFA calendar (July 22 – August 7), many of them veto. PSG, AS Monaco, OGC Nice, LOSC and Stade Rennais have already said “no”. Ditto abroad where RB Leipzig, Hertha Berlin, Bayern Munich, Liverpool and Leicester do not want to let their French go.
The custodians’ case is settled
In some clubs, such as Stade Brestois, the question is considered on a case-by-case basis: Romain Faivre, Irvin Cardona, Franck Honorat and Ronaël Pierre-Gabriel did not have the green light … On the other hand Gautier Larsonneur, yes. And this will have a direct impact on ASSE and FC Nantes since, according to Le Parisien, the French U23s already have their two goalkeepers with Brestois and Paul Bernardoni, who had the backing of SCO Angers. We can therefore be sure that neither Etienne Green nor Alban Lafont will go to the Games.
It remains to be seen whether Saint-Etienne will let his other selectable players slip away. Arnaud Nordin and Zayou Youssouf are the other two Greens players to feature in the pre-list of 50 names for Tokyo. Sylvain Ripoll has ten days to refine his list and find solutions … Under penalty of having to forfeit a lack of players available for the competition.
No Olympics for Green and Lafont
If ASSE and FC Nantes have not officially taken a position on the departure of their players to the Olympics, we already know that Etienne Green and Alban Lafont will not be on the list … Unlike Gautier Larsonneur ( Brest) and Paul Bernardoni (SCO Angers).
