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Sad news: Due to a knee injury, Fofana is not in the France team

Football — 11/12/2024

Due to a knee injury, Chelsea center-half Wesley Fofana (£4.5 million) was left out of the most recent France team.

The Athletic | Football on X: "Chelsea defender Wesley Fofana has been withdrawn from France duty for their upcoming Nations League games against Israel and Italy. Fofana was originally named in Didier

Fantasy Premier League (FPL) owners and Blues supporters will be hoping that Fofana’s absence is a precautionary measure and unrelated to the severe knee injury that kept him out for a year.

Gameweek 11 showed no indication of any problems. In the 1-1 tie between Chelsea and Arsenal, Fofana played all 90 minutes.

Chelsea's Wesley Fofana withdrawn from France squad with knee issue - The Athletic

Les Bleus and the Blues may have reached a similar agreement in September to give Fofana two weeks off.

French Team on X: "Wesley Fofana will miss out on joining Les Bleus due to a knee injury. Benjamin Pavard has been called up as his replacement 👊 https://t.co/F7ANpdKKeC" / X

This season, Enzo Maresca has taken a cautious approach to Fofana, limiting him to one start each week and leaving him out of the UEFA Europa Conference League roster.Less than twenty-four hours after playing the entire ninety minutes for Chelsea and making an impression in their 1-1 Premier League tie with London rivals Arsenal on Sunday, Fofana announced his departure from international duty.

Football : Wesley Fofana forfait pour les matchs de l'équipe de France en Ligue des Nations

Internationals: The locations of Chelsea’s players during the November break

Many members of Chelsea’s squad have been called up to play for their countries, and the team will depart this week for the November international break.

After a 1-1 Premier League tie with Arsenal, Enzo Maresca’s team enters the international break. Chelsea moved up the table to third position with the point, surpassing the Gunners on goal differential.

After a challenging couple of years since the Todd Boehly-Clearlake Capital ownership took over at Stamford Bridge, the Chelsea head coach expressed his happiness for the team’s supporters.

For the first time since the last day of the 2021–22 season, Chelsea will finish the day in the top three spots of the Premier League table, according to an astounding statistic that surfaced following the London derby draw.At a calmer Cobham, Maresca may now think and evaluate the existing state of affairs throughout the course of the next week or two. There will still be a lot of gamers, but many people have joined their own countries.

This is the official roster of Chelsea first team players that will be playing for Enzo Maresca while they are on international assignment in November.