Overview
- Didier Deschamps named his final 26 on Thursday in an FFF video and TV interview, bypassing any public provisional list.
- He omitted Real Madrid’s Eduardo Camavinga, citing a difficult, injury‑hit season and the need for balance with an extra match and high temperatures expected.
- Kylian Mbappé and Ousmane Dembélé lead an attack‑heavy group that signals major renewal, with only about 10 holdovers from the 2022 finalists in what will be Deschamps’ last World Cup.
- Randal Kolo Muani and PSG goalkeeper Lucas Chevalier were also left out, and striker Hugo Ekitike is unavailable after an Achilles tendon rupture.
- France opens Group I against Senegal on June 16 at MetLife Stadium after early‑June friendlies with Ivory Coast and Northern Ireland and a training base in Boston.