Deschamps: "Mathieu is a player of high level"

In press conference, Didier Deschamps has explained the reasons of the announcement of Jeremy Mathieu with the selection of France for the friendly of this Thursday against Spain, remembering that it is not the first time that the new player of the FC Barcelona attends to the call of the "bleu". "It is a player of high level", has ensured the seleccionador Frenchman. "It was with us in the list of 30 players for the World-wide, therefore it was not descabellado think in summoning it this time. But after the injury (of Koscielny) decanted me by Mathieu, since his signing by the Barça has served him to step forward", has puntualizado to continuation.

It fits to remember that the central of the FC Barcelona went in to last hour in the announcement of Deschamps because of the inopportune injury of Laurent Koscielny with the Arsenal, that suffered a cranial traumatism in the party of the past weekend against the Leicester (1-1), in which Alexis Sánchez marked the goal of the "gunners". Now, ready to fulfil 31 years, seems that the career futbolística of Jeremy Mathieu is arriving to his point more álgido. The confidence of Luis Enrique has offered him the opportunity to turn into an important player so much in Barcelona as in France.

Mathieu: "Play in place of Puyol is very complicated"

In an interview conceded to the French Federation of Football, Jeremy Mathieu has spoken on what represents for him the fact to play in the FC Barcelona and have to relieve to all a legend of the barcelonismo as it has been Carles Puyol, ancient mate and mentor of Gerard Hammered. "The Barça is of another dimension. Has players of a lot of quality. I have arrived to one of the biggest clubs of the world. I will try to do the maximum to show that I can play. Be the Camp Nou will do me be a more visible player. Play in the place of the withdrawn Puyol is something very complicated, but have the ambition to do it well".