Henry faces team's non-release + injuries + player transfers as France's national team struggles to put together a squad.【fangjie】

France's Olympic head coach Thierry Henry faces the dilemma of not being able to put together a full roster.

For weeks, Henri and his staff have been on the phone, begging and pleading with their grandparents, hoping that teams can be magnanimous and make things easy for the French national Olympics in every way. There are two big issues in total: 1. Professional teams are under absolutely no obligation to release anyone to the Olympics, you can only play the emotional card on a moral level; 2. Several of the core of the national Olympics, even overage players, are facing the prospect of back-to-back Euro + Olympics campaigns. There's another issue that sort of popped up at the end of the 23-24 season, and that's...some of the National Olympic starters are on teams that need to play European playoffs, and yes, he's Lille. Both captains of the French national Olympics are in Lille, goalkeeper Chevalier and center back Diakite. And while Lille must play on August 6th and 13th, they have another National Olympic starter on their team in Jolo. Henry is now two heads in one, not to mention Paris St. Germain's Barcola + Emery will likely return to Paris after playing the Euros (the club won't release him). Lille, Paris, and also Nice, the three big French youth internationals, are not taking a stand right now, and Henry is a bit apprehensive. As for Brest, Monaco, and Lyon, all three are expected to release their players without any problems, but that doesn't completely rule out Henry's concerns. As a final issue, the players Henry chose in his first list could move between June 14 (the opening date of the summer transfer window) and July 3 (when the coach must submit his official list to FIFA), leading to an awkward scenario where the player could face a refusal to be released by his next home. One such player is Borussia Mönchengladbach's Kone, and Mönchengladbach have told Henry that the French u23 starlet is leaving the club this summer, so it is up to his next family to decide whether he will play in the Olympics.