France boss Didier Deschamps has announced his squad for their upcoming clash with Ivory Coast, but once again left out several big names, including Karim Benzema and two Manchester United players.
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The UEFA European Championship finalists will first take on Sweden in a 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifier before hosting Ivory Coast in a friendly during the upcoming international break.
Deschamps made several changes to his squad, recalling the likes of Arsenal striker Olivier Giroud and FC Barcelona defender Samuel Umtiti.
Meanwhile, Benzema remains one of several big names out of Deschamps' reckoning after his involvement in Mathieu Valbuena's sex tape scandal, and even though Noel Le Graet, the chief of the French Football Federation, has stated the Real Madrid striker would be allowed to play by the FFF.
Here is France's 23-man squad:
Goalkeepers: Alphonse Areola (PSG), Hugo Lloris (Tottenham), Steve Mandanda (Crystal Palace)
Defenders: Laurent Koscielny (Arsenal), Samuel Umtiti (FC Barcelona), Raphael Varane (Real Madrid), Adil Rami (Sevilla), Lucas Digne (FC Barcelona), Layvin Kurzawa (PSG), Sebastien Corchia (Lille), Djibril Sidibe (Monaco)
Midfielders: N'Golo Kante (Chelsea), Blaise Matuidi (PSG), Dimitri Payet (West Ham), Paul Pogba (Manchester United), Moussa Sissoko (Tottenham), Adrien Rabiot (PSG)
Forwards: Ousmane Dembele (Borussia Dortmund), Nabil Fekir (Lyon), Kevin Gameiro (Atletico Madrid), Olivier Giroud (Arsenal), Antoine Griezmann (Atletico Madrid), Kingsley Coman (Bayern Munich)
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