Cyrille de La Morinerie, edited by Thibault Nadal 7:50 p.m., March 17, 2022
He is the great novelty of Didier Deschamps' list.
RC Lens defender Jonathan Clauss was called up for the France team for the first time on Thursday 17 March, for the two friendly matches scheduled against Côte d'Ivoire and South Africa.
A result for the player, who at 20 was not yet a professional.
This is the good surprise of Didier Deschamps' list.
Jonathan Clauss, the RC Lens defender, has been called up for the French team for the first time.
At the start of the afternoon, in the locker room of the RC Lens club, Jonathan Clauss, surrounded by his teammates, learned live on television that he had been called up to the France team.
The whole team kisses her and sprays her with water.
The new international will discover Clairefontaine.
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A player with an atypical background
At 29, the defender is a player with an atypical career, since he did not go through a training center.
At 17, the Alsatian was even fired from the Strasbourg club.
Jonathan Clauss then does odd jobs in sorting, at the night post.
Order manager in a frozen food company, it is the beginning, despite everything, of a slow and beautiful ascent.
Raon The stage in the 4th division, Avranches then Quevilly-Rouen, before a small detour in Germany before exploding in Lens.
He is now the third best passer in Ligue 1.
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Nkunku the other new on the list
Didier Deschamps, who also called up another novice, Leipzig striker Christopher Nkunku, had been watching him for several months.
"These two players who are performing well with their club, could have been called up before too. I think it was time," said the coach.
From now on, Jonathan Clauss, a fast and offensive player, will try to offer himself a place for the next World Cup in Qatar, next November.