Didier Deschamps has denied Aymeric Laporte’s claims that he has been omitted from the France squad due to personal reasons.
Despite emerging as one of Europe’s top centre-backs in the last 12 months, the 24-year-old is continually overlooked by Deschamps, who has even selected the likes of Mamadou Sakho and Kurt Zouma above Laporte.
However, the France head coach, who led his country to World Cup glory in the summer, insisted that his decision is purely based on decisions to do with football, stating that he prefers not to have two left-footers in the centre.