Areola, Kimpembe and Mbappé heading to the World Cup
Paris Saint-Germain stars Alphonse Areola, Presnel Kimpembe and Kylian Mbappé have all been called up by France coach Didier Deschamps for the FIFA World Cup 2018 in Russia. Adrien Rabiot has been named as a reserve.
Squad:
GOALKEEPERS:
Alphonse Areola (Paris Saint-Germain)
Hugo Lloris (Tottenham/ENG)
Steve Mandanda (Marseille)
DEFENDERS:
Lucas Hernandez (Atlético de Madrid/ESP)
Presnel Kimpembe (Paris Saint-Germain)
Benjamin Mendy (Manchester City/ENG)
Benjamin Pavard (Stuttgart/GER)
Adil Rami (Marseille)
Djibril Sidibé (Monaco)
Samuel Umtiti (Barcelona/ESP)
Raphaël Varane (Real Madrid/ESP)
MIDFIELDERS:
N'Golo Kanté (Chelsea/ENG)
Blaise Matuidi (Juventus/ITA)
Steven Nzonzi (Sevilla/ESP)
Paul Pogba (Manchester United/ENG)
Corentin Tolisso (Bayern Munich/GER)
FORWARDS:
Ousmane Dembélé (Barcelona/ESP)
Nabil Fekir (Lyon)
Olivier Giroud (Chelsea/ENG)
Antoine Griezmann (Atlético de Madrid/ESP)
Thomas Lemar (Monaco)
Kylian Mbappé (Paris Saint-Germain)
Florian Thauvin (Marseille)
Reserves:
GOALKEEPER:
Benoît Costil (Bordeaux)
DEFENDER:
Mathieu Debuchy (Saint-Étienne)
Lucas Digne (Barcelona/ESP)
Mamadou Sakho (Crystal Palace/ENG)
Kurt Zouma (Stoke/ENG)
MIDFIELDERS:
Adrien Rabiot (Paris Saint-Germain)
Moussa Sissoko (Tottenham/ENG)
FORWARDS:
Wissam Ben Yedder (Sevilla/ESP)
Kingsley Coman (Bayern Munich/GER)
Alexandre Lacazette (Arsenal/ENG)
Anthony Martial (Manchester United/ENG)
FIFA World Cup 2018 Fixtures:
Saturday 16 June 2018 at 13:00 CET: France - Australia (Group C, Matchday 1 - Kazan Arena, Kazan)
Thursday 21 June 2018 at 20:00 CET: France - Peru (Group C, Matchday 2 - Ekaterinburg Arena, Ekaterinburg)
Tuesday 26 June 2018 at 17:00 CET: Denmark - France (Group C, Matchday 3 - Luzhniki Stadiun, Moscow)