Arsenal trio Laurent Koscielny, Olivier Giroud and Alexandre Lacazette have been selected for France by Didier Deschamps.
The trio have been called up for Les Blues’ World Cup qualifiers against the Netherlands and Luxembourg on August 31 and September 3 respectively.
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Deschamps has decided to call up Koscielny despite the defender not having much practice so far due to suspension. This Sunday’s game against Liverpool could be the only game the centre-back plays before going away on international duty.
Up front, Olivier Giroud and Alexandre Lacazette will continue their rivalry. Giroud is expected to start as usual, while Lacazette will have to fend off stiff competition from Monaco’s Kylian Mbappe for any sort of game time.
The three are joined by fellow Premier League players Hugo Lloris (Tottenham Hotspur), N’Golo Kante (Chelsea) and Paul Pogba (Manchester United). Also in the squad is Monaco’s Thomas Lemar, who’s been heavily linked with Arsenal this summer.
France currently sit second in their group, having lost to Sweden in their last outing thanks to a late Lloris blunder.