While Blanc France Announce Squad

Laurent Blanc announce the initial squad for France which contains 26 names. There was no name of Tottenham defender Younes Kaboul. By contrast, appears the name of defender Mapou yanga-Mbiwa new this time is called.

Kaboul, had dropped from the France squad for Euro 2012 due to muscle injury patella. "Younes absent from the Euro. He suffered a significant injury to the knee, the patella muscles, which had bothered him for a long time," said Blanc on the FIFA website.

 Yanga-Mbiwa presence, which celebrated the 23 th anniversary on Tuesday (5/15/2012), seems prepared to fill the void at the back due to the absence of Kaboul. In the list while the team was also a name Yoann Gourcuff, after it was so speculative. This season he only had 13 league games for Lyon since the injury and has not been strengthened Les Bleus since March 2011. French, which in Euro incorporated alongside the British, Sweden, and Ukraine in Group D, akan start the kiprahnya on date of June 11. Blanc must announce the final squad contains 23 players no later than May 29.

Early French squad

Goalkeepers: Cedric Carrasso (Bordeaux), Hugo Lloris (Lyon), Steve Mandanda (Marseille) Players Survived: Gael Clichy (Manchester City / England), Mathieu Debuchy (Lille), Patrice Evra (Manchester United / England), Laurent Koscielny (Arsenal / UK), Philippe Mexes (AC Milan / Italia), Adil Rami (Valencia / Spain ), Anthony Reveillere (Lyon), Mapou yanga-Mbiwa (Montpellier)

 Midfielder: Yohan Cabaye (Newcastle United / England), Alou Diarra (Marseille), Yoann Gourcuff (Lyon), Florent Malouda (Chelsea / ENG), Marvin Martin (Sochaux), Blaise Matuidi (Paris Saint-Germain), Yann M ' Vila (Rennes), Samir Nasri (Manchester City / England), Franck Ribery (Bayern Munich / Germany)

Players Home: Hatem Ben Arfa (Newcastle United / England), Karim Benzema (Real Madrid / Spain), Olivier Giroud (Montpellier), Jeremy Menez (Paris Saint-Germain), Loic Remy (Marseille), Mathieu Valbuena (Marseille)