Wesley Fofana withdrawn from France squad as painful wait for first cap goes on | OneFootball

We had spent last week celebrating Wesley Fofana’s call up for France, but today word has arrived from Chelsea themselves that the defender has withdrawn from the squad for this international break.

The centre back has been brilliant since returning from injury last month, and his call up by Didier Deschamps was well earned.

But he came off in the last few minutes of the game against Everton at the weekend with what Graham Potter called “fatigue” in his hamstring, which has clearly turned out to be something more serious.

It doesn’t sound like anything that’s going to affect him beyond the end of this fortnight, so he shouldn’t miss a minute for us, but it’s a painful blow for the defender, whose debut for his country has been delayed for 18 months by various injuries now.

He will get there in the end – but these constant small problems will be even more frustrating for him than they are for us.