PARIS: Dimitri Payet was let well enough alone for France's 23-man World Cup squad on Thursday, a day subsequent to being harmed amid Olympique de Marseille's Europa League last annihilation by Atletico Madrid.
He has a thigh issue that will require no less than three weeks to recuperate, a defer that provoked mentor Didier Deschamps to overlook the previous West Ham player. Disclosing his squad on French TV, Deschamps said he had no real option except to forget Payet.
"Without his damage he would have been a genuine contender for the 23-man list," Deschamps said. "This is solid damage, with a danger of a backslide."
Payet has been in amazing structure with Marseille. He is the French association's best playmaker this season with 13 helps, and asserted three objectives and seven aids the Europa League, featuring in the quarter-finals and semi-finals.