World champions France have released their squad for their upcoming Euro 2020 qualifiers against Albania and Andorra. Despite several key players like Kylian Mbappe and N’Golo Kante injured and others like Samuel Umtiti and Alexandre Lacazette not chosen, this still remains a strong French squad.
Interestingly, compared to old rivals England, who have 23 of their 25 playing at home, Deschamps has selected only five home based players and two of them (PSG’s Areola and LOSC’s Maignan) are goalkeepers. The three outfield players plying their trade in Ligue 1 and selected in the national squad are Lyon’s Leo Dubois, Monaco’s Wissam Ben Yedder and Lille’s Jonathan Ikone.
France squad for Euro 2020 September qualifiers
Alphonse Areola (PSG)
Hugo Lloris (Tottenham)
Mike Maignan (Lille)
Leo Dubois (Lyon)
Benjamin Pavard (Bayern Munich)
Aymeric Laporte (Manchester City)
Clement Lenglet (Barcelona)
Raphael Varane (Real Madrid)
Kurt Zouma (Chelsea)
Lucas Digne (Everton)
Lucas Hernandez (Bayern Munich)
Blaise Matuidi (Juventus)
Steven Nzonzi (Galatasaray)
Paul Pogba (Manchester United)
Moussa Sissoko (Tottenham)
Corentin Tolisso (Bayern Munich)
Wissam Ben Yedder (AS Monaco)
Kingsley Coman (Bayern Munich)
Nabil Fekir (Betis)
Olivier Giroud (Chelsea)
Antoine Griezmann (Barcelona)
Thomas Lemar (Atletico Madrid)
Jonathan Ikoné (Lille)