France

Matteo Guendouzi was called up to the France squad this week and, as is customary in football, had to get on a table and sing in front of his teammates.

Matteo Guendouzi has replaced Paul Pogba in the French senior squad for the international break after the Manchester United man had to pull out with injury.

Arsenal’s goalkeeper, Pauline Peyraud-Magnin, picked up a knee injury while playing for France on Thursday, forcing her off in the 22nd minute and it looks like her season could be over.

Barcelona defender Samuel Umtiti visited the Emirates Stadium to watch Arsenal play Chelsea on Saturday, appearing in photographs of the game on Instagram.

Matteo Guendouzi has revealed that it’s his ‘dream’ and his ‘objective’ to play for the France senior side, despite his eligibility to play for Morocco.

Matteo Guendouzi wants to commit to the senior France national team, despite rumours linking him to a switch of allegiances to play for Morocco.

Alexandre Lacazette has said he is ‘always available’ for his national team after he had to turn down his latest international call-up due to an injury.

Matteo Guendouzi has been hailed by the French media after the Arsenal 19-year-old made his first appearance for their u21s in a 2-2 draw with Croatia on Thursday.

Alexandre Lacazette withdrew from the France squad almost immediately after being called up.

One of the main reasons Arsene Wenger found it so hard to let go at Arsenal is because the manager has little else in his life to distract him, but there is plenty out there for him to do.

The World Cup is back in France, 20 years after the 1998 home win and now France have a second star on their shirt.

Laurent Koscielny celebrated in the France dressing room after his country collected their second World Cup trophy.

We’ve now reached the semi-final stage and France could well do it again, with Didier Deschamps emulating Aime Jacquet’s formula of a team based on hard work, defensive structure and unity, along with creative geniuses in attack.

In this second podcast of our summer World Cup series, Anita recaps day three of the action which featured France v Australia, Argentina v Iceland, Peru v Denmark and her home country, Croatia against Alex Iwobi’s Nigeria. Sylvain Jamet also makes a surprise appearance to discuss an Arsenal-less France’s opening game.

Speaking in a Q&A with fans, Henrikh Mkhitaryan named his favourites to win the World Cup this summer, but left out two major contenders for the competition.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang has admitted he does not understand Alexandre Lacazette’s World Cup snub by France.

Laurent Koscielny won’t play against Colombia on Friday night thanks a hip problem, but the France national team hope to see him return to face Russia next Tuesday, according to local media.

Arsenal legend Emmanuel Petit is concerned for Laurent Koscielny’s World Cup chances.

France assistant manager Guy Stephan has urged Olivier Giroud to find more game time before the 2018 World Cup next summer.

Karim Benzema has payed Olivier Giroud a bit of a back-handed compliment following the 31-year-old’s 29th goal for France.