Didier Deschamps has announced his squad to face Bolivia (friendly) and Turkey & Andorra (EURO 2020 Qualifiers).
Barcelona defender Clement Lenglet is one of three players to have earned their first national team call-up.
The France boss has also handed Leo Dubois and Mike Maignan their first involvements with the national team.
There are a few surprising omissions, however, with Arsenal's Alexandre Lacazette snubbed in favour of Sevilla striker Wissam Ben Yedder.
The squad of Deschamps:
Goalkeepers: Hugo Lloris (Tottenham), Benjamin Lecomte (Montpellier), Alphonse Areola (PSG), Mike Maignan (Lille)
Defenders: Ferland Mendy (Lyon), Lucas Digne (Everton), Clément Lenglet (Barcelona), Samuel Umtiti (Barcelona), Raphaël Varane (Real Madrid), Kurt Zouma (Everton/Chelsea), Léo Dubois (Lyon), Benjamin Pavard (Stuttgart/Bayern Munich)
Midfielders: Paul Pogba (Manchester United), Tanguy Ndombele (Lyon), N’Golo Kanté (Chelsea), Blaise Matuidi (Juventus), Moussa Sissoko (Tottenham)
Attackers: Olivier Giroud (Chelsea), Kylian Mbappé (PSG), Kingsley Coman (Bayern Munich), Antoine Griezmann (Atletico Madrid), Florian Thauvin (Marseille), Wissam Ben Yedder (Sevilla), Thomas Lemar (Atletico Madrid)
gauravgp
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And no Laporte again😑
Rikesh7
879
Isn't laporte second best CB in premier league this season? What does he need to do to be in national squad?Don't say no space for two left CB again.
Maycdny
302
this coach get personal thing against Laca really.
ErnestTladi1
212
i know football fans are quite sad with the selection right now, but honestly speaking France squad is too complicated because there are lots of quality players especially defensively to pick from, so bare with the coach. the will always be casualties at war, players are fighting over same position. over 5 best defenders in the world are fighting for the very same position, namely: varane, umtiti, lenglet, laporte, Kurt zouma. it's not gonna be easy to pick from those top defenders but whoever the coach picks I support the decision.
Rikesh7
203
Laporte is the best French defender right now and No laporte in squad again Wtf??
shray_srivastava
191
I feel the Two costly errors by Laporte against Tottenham in the Champions League, cost him a spot for France squad.
18075864(deleted)
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TIME TO PROVE THE WORLD WHO YOU ARE.... CLEMENT LENGLET...
Kupdeis
10
i know football fans are quite sad with the selection right now, but honestly speaking France squad is too complicated because there are lots of quality players especially defensively to pick from, so bare with the coach. the will always be casualties at war, players are fighting over same position. over 5 best defenders in the world are fighting for the very same position, namely: varane, umtiti, lenglet, laporte, Kurt zouma. it's not gonna be easy to pick from those top defenders but whoever the coach picks I support the decision.
Zouma over Laporte? Umtiti has barely played this season post injury. I'm just wowed