Julien Laurens

Yes, do you remember he had this move to AC Milan, cancelled because of that knee injury.

It was either surgery and he would miss the World Cup for sure, or do some sort of rehab and he would have a shot maybe if Deschamps picks him.

to be fit for the World Cup.

He decided not to take the surgery.

I think the club, because they've got Sven Larsson as well, kind of let him choose.

So let's see.

I really hope for him that he can come back to decent fitness before the end of the season and give himself a chance to maybe call up by Deschamps.

Would you like to see him there?

I think it gives you a different profile to Dembele and Mbappe and even a Ketike and those kind of guys.

I mean, there's so much talent for France.

I think he will miss out.

Ned, Aston Villa needed a late, late Inchelwood on goal to beat Brighton on Wednesday night.

Yeah, true.

And they've been very good at that.

Maybe there's a skill to it, maybe.

We saw something that we don't usually see, or certainly not very often.

Carlos Baleba was subbed off very early, not because he was injured, but because he got an early yellow card.

He's a young player.

You've been in that position before as a young player.

Could this be damaging for him, you think, in terms of confidence?