Written by : Jose Alvarado Sandoval " DJ Malanga "
Manchester United midfielder Paul Pogba was banned from the France team announced on Thursday (August 27) for next month's Nations League matches against Sweden and Croatia after testing positive for Covid-19, said coach Didier Deschamps.
World champion Pogba has been replaced by teenager Eduardo Camavinga, who was called up for the first time alongside Lyon midfielder Houssem Aouar and RB Leipzig defender Dayot Upamecano.
"I had to make a last minute change to this list because Paul Pogba was planned to be on this list," Deschamps told reporters. "But unfortunately for him, yesterday there was a test (for Covid-19) that today was positive, so at the last minute he was replaced by Eduardo Camavinga."
Juventus midfielder Adrien Rabiot was also called up for the first time in more than two years after he refused to be put on the waiting list for the 2018 World Cup.
"He has found a very good level again. We can't go back, I'm not someone who likes to make radical decisions. He remained selectable," Deschamps explained.
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