France coach Didier Deschamps expects Hugo Lloris to be sidelined until the new year after he dislocated his elbow playing for Tottenham at the weekend.
The World Cup-winning goalkeeper fell awkwardly after failing to collect a cross as Spurs were beaten 3-0 at Brighton.
The Premier League club confirmed the injury later on Saturday evening but had not put a timescale on a possible return.
Spurs and France captain Lloris would have joined up with Les Bleus for the upcoming Euro 2020 qualifiers against Iceland and Turkey but now misses out.
"He has had tests. It is difficult to say how long he will be out, I am not a medical specialist," Deschamps told a press conference.
"As far as we (France) are concerned, he obviously will not be with us for this camp, nor the next one.
"Processes will be put in place for his rehabilitation. We are talking several weeks, indeed several months.
"He will not return to the pitch in 2019, that's almost certain."
Speaking after the match, Spurs boss Mauricio Pochettino admitted that the loss of his club captain and No1 goalkeeper had a "massive" effect on his team.
"Of course, we cannot lie," he said. "To concede after three minutes in the way we did and what happened to our captain, it is normal that the impact was massive for the team.
"It is an emotional game and the team was very affected, we never can be in the game.
"We did not show our real performance. I am never going to take the credit away from Brighton, we need to give them the credit too, the team suffered a massive impact after three minutes.”
Additional reporting by the Press Association
