The French national team called up defender Leny Yoro, a Manchester United player, to join the first team for the first time in his international career, to replace Ibrahima Konaté, who has been confirmed to be absent due to injury.
Konaté had felt knee pain during a French national team training session, before MRI scans revealed he had suffered a mild sprain in his right knee. He left the "Les Bleus" camp and returned to his club, Real Madrid, and will therefore miss France's match against Turkey scheduled for Friday evening in the UEFA Nations League.
Yoro is 20 years old and was at the Clairefontaine center with the French youth team before receiving a call-up from technical director Zinedine Zidane to join the senior team. He will travel with the team delegation to Turkey in the coming hours.
Yoro thus becomes the seventh new player Zidane has called up to the French squad during the current international break, after previously giving opportunities to Guillaume Restes, Jérémy Jacquet, Andy Diouf, Lucas Da Cunha, and Esteban Lepaul, in addition to Jean Boutz who joined the list to replace the injured Robin Risser.
Yoro joined Manchester United in the summer of 2024 from French club Lille for a fee of 62 million euros, but he suffered an ankle injury that kept him sidelined for about four months during his first season with the English club.
During the 2025-2026 season, the French defender made 33 appearances for Manchester United, before his participation declined in the final part of the season. He started the current season in the starting lineup against Sabah Azerbaijani in the Champions League, but he has had limited minutes in the Premier League during the first five rounds.