France boss, Didier Deschamps has praised Chelsea’s Malo Gusto as a player for the future after handing the right-back his first call-up to the national team.

Gusto joined the Blues in the summer, following a successful 2022-23 campaign with Lyon in the French Ligue One.

Speaking about the defender, Deschamps said, as quoted by GFFN: “He is a very young player, but he can play at right-back, he has played as a winger, and he has played at full-back as well. Already at Lyon, he showed great things.

“At Chelsea, there is more significant competition, even if he has been helped by an injury to their usual starter (Reece James). He has areas of his game to work on, and he knows that he can improve defensively.

“But he is a young player who already finds himself at Chelsea, and he has potential which promises further progression in the months to come.”