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Chelsea’s French star ready to attack World Cup with gusto
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- Add ARY News on Google AAResize Malo Gusto’s proven big match-winning temperament will stand him in good stead as he looks to challenge Jules Kounde for the starting berth as France’s right back at the World Cup.
- Gusto told AFP that it has been the fulfilment of a childhood dream and has made him “hugely proud”.
- His inclusion in the 26-man squad speaks volumes of Deschamps’s view of Gusto, not least since midfielder Eduardo Camavinga missed out following Real Madrid’s mediocre campaign.
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Add ARY News on Google AAResize Malo Gusto’s proven big match-winning temperament will stand him in good stead as he looks to challenge Jules Kounde for the starting berth as France’s right back at the World Cup.
The 23-year-old was part of the Chelsea team which won the Europa Conference League and Club World Cup last season and despite the Londoners’ subsequent poor campaign — in which they finished a dismal 10th in the Premier League — Gusto has done enough to convince France coach Didier Deschamps to take him to the World Cup.
Gusto told AFP that it has been the fulfilment of a childhood dream and has made him “hugely proud”.
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