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France Squad Call-Ups: 7 Premier League Stars Feature, Lenglet Earns Spot & Lacazette Snubbed

Arsenal striker Alexandre Lacazette has been left out of the France squad for the upcoming Euro 2020 qualifiers, while Barcelona's Clement Lenglet has been included for the first time.

Depsite being named the Gunners' Player of the Season earlier this month, there is no place for Lacazette in Didier Deschamps' 23-man squad, which instead includes Chelsea's Olivier Giroud and Sevilla's Wissam Ben Yedder for June's qualifiers against Turkey and Andorra.

Deschamps, explaining Lacazette's omission, said via the Metro: "There’s no reason for us not to see him again, I had a difficult choice to make, with Ben Yedder coming out of a big season too.