Guillaume Restes, Andy Diouf, Jérémy Jacquet, Lucas Da Cunha and Estéban Lepaul in Zinédine Zidane’s first France squad | OneFootball

Zinédine Zidane has named his first France squad, a 23-man group for September and October’s Nations League fixtures, featuring debut call-ups for Guillaume Restes, Andy Diouf, Jérémy Jacquet, Lucas Da Cunha and Estéban Lepaul.

L'Équipe reports that the list was unveiled at the FFF headquarters on Friday, with fixtures in Türkiye on 25 September, in Belgium on 28 September, against Italy on two October and against Belgium on five October.

William Saliba misses out with a back issue, while Theo Hernandez is also sidelined with an adductor problem.

Other omissions include goalkeeper Brice Samba, defenders Lucas Digne, Wesley Fofana, Malo Gusto, Lucas Hernandez, Nordi Mukiele and Matthieu Udol, midfielders Mattéo Guendouzi, Boubacar Kamara, N'Golo Kanté, Enzo Le Fée, Pablo Pagis, Aurélien Tchouaméni and Khephren Thuram, and forwards Maghnes Akliouche, Jean-Philippe Mateta, Senny Mayulu and Marcus Thuram.

Goalkeepers: Mike Maignan (AC Milan), Guillaume Restes (Toulouse), Robin Risser (Lens).

Defenders: Andy Diouf (Inter Milan), Jérémy Jacquet (Liverpool), Pierre Kalulu (Juventus), Ibrahima Konaté (Real Madrid), Jules Koundé (FC Barcelone), Maxence Lacroix (Chelsea), Adrien Truffert (Bournemouth), Dayot Upamecano (Bayern Munich).

Midfielders: Eduardo Camavinga (Real Madrid), Rayan Cherki (Manchester City), Lucas Da Cunha (Côme), Manu Koné (AS Rome), Adrien Rabiot (AC Milan), Warren Zaïre-Emery (PSG).

Forwards: Bradley Barcola (Liverpool), Ousmane Dembélé (PSG), Désiré Doué (PSG), Estéban Lepaul (Rennes), Kylian Mbappé (Real Madrid), Michael Olise (Bayern Munich).

Source: L'Équipe

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