West Ham’s Alphonse Areola could be replaced by Lucas Chevalier in the France squad following the loss of his first-team place to Lukasz Fabianski.
Areola has struggled to impress between the sticks this season for the Hammers, and he hasn’t started the last two games under Julen Lopetegui.
Despite West Ham’s humbling 3-0 defeat to Nottingham Forest last Saturday, the score line could have been much worse had it not been for two superb saves by Fabianski near the end of the game.
It’s likely that the former Polish international will continue in goal when the Irons face Everton in the Premier League on Saturday at 3 p.m.
Further exclusion from the first team may persuade French boss Didier Deschamps to consider dropping Areola in favour of Chevalier, who has excelled for Lille this season.
While Areola was expected to thrive under Lopetegui’s ball-playing style, his distribution has disappointed, and he’s shown a weakness at his near post.
When did Areola last actually play for France? Mostly he just seems to sit on the bench.
Every one of our players look a complete shadow of themselves and have no confidence!
That is down to one man alone – the manager!