adminLONDON. — Patrick Vieira has criticised the France national soccer team’s “structure”, following high-profile decisions such as the omission of Manchester City midfielder Samir Nasri from the national team’s preliminary squad for the World Cup.
Didier Deschamps’ men are currently preparing for a Group E campaign in which they will face Ecuador, Honduras and Switzerland.
“In France you are talking about Samir Nasri and some of the other players having personal issues,” Vieira said at ITV’s World Cup launch.
“But Samir never had a problem with Manchester City. They talk about Karim Benzema but he never had a problem with Real Madrid. Franck Ribery never had a problem at Bayern Munich.
“So I think it is the structure that creates that kind of problem. The French national team has to look at itself, how the structure is done. That is not as strong as City, Bayern or Real Madrid.” — Goal.com
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