http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Chelsea-c38786 winger Florent Malouda likely to miss France friendlies due to thigh injury
Chelsea winger Florent Malouda revealed he could be unavailable for France as they prepared for their upcoming friendlies against the http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Belgium-c2850. The 31-year-old has a nagging thigh injury because of which he could be unable to participate
for his country, adding to the growing list of injuries for the http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/France-c2899 national team.
According to the Blues winger, he had picked up the injury when Chelsea took on Villarreal in the UEFA Champions League. Despite making appearances for the London side since then, Malouda had failed to recover completely from the injury which is why he was
considering resting in the upcoming international break so as to not aggravate the existing injury.
Malouda said while speaking to reporters:
“I have a problem in my knee since the Villarreal match. It's an old issue which is resurfacing.”
http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Samir-Nasri-c32360 are also players that will most likely be unavailable for selection ahead of the friendly matches. The France national team coach Laurent Blanc revealed that the Manchester City midfielder had some problems because
of which it was highly unlikely that he would participate with the rest of the team.
Blanc said in an interview:
“Nasri has big tendinitis in the patella tendon. He also had a dental problem that forced him to Paris to see a dentist urgently.”
With the former http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Florent-Malouda-c13838, Blanc will have a selection headache when his team faces the United States and Belgium. While he may have initially been targeting wins over both sides, which may be difficult now seeing
as how he has to make do without so many key players. The coach was still hopeful of some players returning before the second fixture.
Blanc has until next week to name his squad for the fixtures, which gives him plenty of time to wait on the players currently unavailable. The manager revealed he was unlikely to make changes to the team he selected to face the United States, he continued:
“We'll see who's missed out in the first game and could recover for the second. Based on that, we'll see if I recall one or two players.”
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