Zidane names Lens defender Ganiou in France preliminary squad

France’s caller manager, Zinedine Zidane, has included Lens defender Ismaïlo Ganiou successful his provisional squad for their upcoming crippled against Turkey.

The 21-year-old is connected the verge of making his elder debut for France nether Zidane, contempt having antecedently featured for Burkina Faso.

He has received a preliminary call-up up of the squad announcement scheduled for September 18, a designation of his awesome performances astatine nine level.

As reported by RMC Sport, Ganiou has made it onto Zidane’s provisional database aft capturing the attraction of the caller manager during his clip astatine Lens.

His standout show came during the Champions Trophy lucifer against Paris Saint-Germain, which Zidane watched from the stands astatine the Bollaert, allowing him to intimately measure the young defender.

Ganiou’s beardown signifier has continued, arsenic helium marked his Champions League debut with an awesome show successful a thrilling 3-2 triumph distant astatine Slavia Prague, wherever helium emerged arsenic 1 of the astir notable players successful the French team’s defence.

Ganiou antecedently played for Burkina Faso successful a affable lucifer successful June 2025 earlier deciding to correspond France. He besides participated successful 2 matches for the France Under-21s past March.

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