Overview

• The Equipe de France announced on Oct. 11 that the Liverpool defender will miss the Iceland match due to a right quadriceps problem.
• Benjamin Pavard has been called up as cover and will join the squad in Reykjavik before the fixture.
• Konaté sustained the injury during Liverpool’s game against Chelsea and did not take part in any France training sessions.
• He left the national-team camp and has returned to his club for further assessment, according to the report.
• Pavard is contracted to Inter and is on loan at Marseille after going unused in France’s September qualifiers.