Not even Argentina — Wenger names only team capable of stopping France

France, who lost the 2022 final to Argentina, have emerged as clear favourites after topping Group I with a perfect record, scoring ten goals in wins over Senegal, Iraq and Norway.

Didier Deschamps’ side comfortably progressed through the Round of 32 and Round of 16, setting up a quarter-final clash with Morocco.

In the other quarter-finals, Spain face Belgium while England take on Norway. World Cup holders Argentina will meet Switzerland for a place in the last four.

Wenger is confident France will lift the trophy for a third time but insists Spain are the only side capable of denying them.

“France will win the World Cup,” Wenger told Sky Sports.

“I know you will say, ‘of course you say that, you’re French’.“But when you analyse the World Cup, the train runs at a certain pace, and you have to be able to get on it.

“For example, the Asian teams have gone out because they could not cope with the intensity and the pace of the games. They did not have enough to technically compete.

"The real question for me is Spain. If one team is capable now of beating France, I would say it is Spain because their technical level is better than France.

"They have quality and a culture of collective football that nobody else in the world has at that level.

"That could be the decider between these two but of course France is stronger physically.”