Didier Deschamps sees his innkeepers packing up one by one.

The news is not yet official but, according to our colleagues from

Paris

, Raphaël Varane will indeed very soon join Hugo Lloris and Steve Mandanda on the list of newly retired from the France team.

If the choice of the two goalkeepers, 36 and 37 years old respectively, was not surprising, the same can hardly be said for the former Madrid player, aged only 29, who was expected to succeed the Tottenham goalkeeper as captain of the Blues.

If the reasons are not yet officially known,

Le Parisien

evokes a certain physical and psychological wear and tear, he who has not been spared from injuries in recent years, and who was very marked by the failure of the Blues in the final of the World Cup against Argentina, on penalties.

Our colleagues also evoke the "beginnings of a generational gap" in the face of an ever-increasing number of young people who are packing their bags in the France group.

Varane wants to spend more time with his family

With the departure of Lloris, and possibly that of Giroud (although the Milanese did not suggest anything of the sort in Doha, quite the contrary), Raphaël Varane thinks that the time may have come to give way to the little ones young people who, like the Upamecano-Konaté duo, showed that the succession was already assured.

Finally, the player trained in Lens would not be against taking advantage of the beaches linked to international gatherings to spend more time with his family.

Winner of a World Cup and four Champions League with Real Madrid, the Mancunian, who was still weighing the pros and cons of such a decision a few days ago, could make his announcement very soon.

With this new departure from a locker room tricolor and close to Didier Deschamps, the question of the captaincy is no longer likely to pose many problems, Mbappé now being the only one to apply.

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