World Cup 2010 - Who next for France?

Fri, 23 Jul 16:24:00 2010

After France coach Laurent Blanc banned the entire World Cup squad for their walk-out, our colleagues at eurosport.fr reckon there is no shortage of players for the friendly against Norway on August 11.

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Laurent Blanc's possible call-ups:

Goalkeepers

Sebastien Frey (Fiorentina), Mickael Landreau (Lille), Stephane Ruffier (Monaco), Olivier Sorin (Auxerre), Nicolas Douchez (Rennes).

Defenders

Philippe Mexes (Roma), Mickael Ciani (Bordeaux), Mamadou Sakho (PSG), Laurent Koscielny (Arsenal), Rod Fanni (Rennes), Jean-Alain Boumsong (Lyon), Benoit Tremoulinas (Bordeaux), Mathieu Chalme (Bordeaux), Adil Rami (Lille), Julien Escude (Séville), Mathieu Debuchy (Lille), Aly Cissokho (Lyon), Christtophe Jallet (PSG), Francois Clerc (Lyon)

Midfielders

Rio Mavuba (Lille), Yohan Cabaye (Lille), Maxime Gonalons (Lyon), Yann Mvila (Rennes), Sylvain Marveaux (Rennes), Benoit Cheyrou (Marseille), Blaise Matuidi (St Etienne), Gael Kakuta (Chelsea), Karim Ait-Fana (Montpellier), Samir Nasri (Arsenal, pictured), Hatem Ben Arfa (Marseille), Lassana Diarra (Real Madrid), Benoit Pedretti (Auxerre), Moussa Sissoko (Toulouse)

Forwards

Karim Benzema (Real), Kevin Gameiro (Lorient), Loic Remy (Nice), Jimmy Briand (Lyon), Bafetimbi Gomis (Lyon), Guillaume Hoarau (PSG), Louis Saha (Everton)

Philippe Da Costa / Eurosport

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  1. Ancelloti should consider selling the two­ Goalkeepers(Hillario and Turnabul ) and buy two­ more,like Vincent Enyama and The Switzerland World cup­ Goal keeper.That will stop the goalkeeping crisis at­ Chelsea

    From Takawira, on Tue 27 Jul 19:30

  2. The players to choose from could be worse. Good players­ there like Benzema and Nasri.

    From vivienbowie, on Sun 25 Jul 23:27

  3. A blessing in disguise for Blanc..not only he's­ starting with a clean slate but he's not under­ pressure to win against Norway with this projected­ squad. I bet Capello envy him.Blanc would call his old­ gaffer SAF for advice instead of Wenger though.

    From Kamal, on Sat 24 Jul 15:29

  4. 3-4-3 gets my­ vote:
    -------------Landreau---------------
    --Mexes---Bo­ umsong---Ciani--
    --------Cheyrou-Diarra------------
    Nas­ ri-----------------------Ben­ Arfa
    _________Saha___________
    ----------Remy -- Gomis­ -----------

    a bit chaotic, but could be fun!

    From philip D, on Sat 24 Jul 10:53

  5. will Sarkozy approve this list!!!

    From Brian, on Sat 24 Jul 6:30

  6. One word: Nasri. His reputation as a trouble stirrer is­ @#$%, media garbage. He's better than Gourcuff,­ more stamina and heart

    From neonon, on Sat 24 Jul 5:36

  7. that okay for us

    From Abubakar, on Sat 24 Jul 4:33

  8. That is very perilous and pernicous list while we­ expected Makelele and Plamini to be in the current­ list, otherwise this is very wrong list for the 2014­ World Cup in Brazil.
    Nyuon Isaac
    France fan.

    From nyuonpuol, on Sat 24 Jul 2:58

  9. Oh brother. No Jeremy Menez? He's better than 80%­ of these names.

    From DRJ1971, on Sat 24 Jul 1:59

  10. thought SAHA was in the walk out???

    From captca0s, on Sat 24 Jul 0:33

  11. WHY BENZEMA ARE NOT IN THE WORLD CUP BEST 23?4-3-1-2­ Formation Would Be Good With This,Start frm­ defenders,Frey[GK],cissokho,mamadou­ sakho,Mexes,Debuchy,Midfield 3 : Samir­ Nasri,Mattuidi,Benoi Cheyrou,Striker 1 at back of 2:Ben­ Arfa[CAM],Benzema & Gomis....That my best 11 from­ this lineup...and i think this is enough to put us back­ to top 15 but not top 10

    From Eyrfan, on Sat 24 Jul 0:19

  12. Oh my goodness, we all know how well Samir Nasri can­ play if he sets his mind to, but he is just another­ disrespectfull trouble stirer, best of luck France.­ Just ask Wenger for advice as he only buys French­ players as a rule.

    From Mo, on Sat 24 Jul 0:18

  13. not a bad selection there....

    From Token, on Fri 23 Jul 23:52
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