France welcome first 18 World Cup call-ups to Clairefontaine, others to join after finals

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·30 maggio 2026

France welcome first 18 World Cup call-ups to Clairefontaine, others to join after finals

A World Cup feel returned to Clairefontaine on Friday as 18 of Didier Deschamps' 26-man France squad checked in to start their pre-tournament camp, less than two weeks before kick-off.

According to L'Équipe, the other eight will join later as they are involved in European finals, Maxence Lacroix and Jean-Philippe Mateta with Crystal Palace in the Conference League, and Lucas Hernandez, Warren Zaïre-Emery, Désiré Doué, Bradley Barcola, Ousmane Dembélé with PSG, and William Saliba with Arsenal in the Champions League.

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Les Bleus will play two home friendlies, next Thursday against Côte d'Ivoire in Nantes at 21:10, then on 9 June against Northern Ireland in Lille at 21:10.

They are scheduled to fly to Boston after those games.

France open their World Cup campaign on 16 June against Senegal at 21:10.

Source: L'Équipe