3 France players who deserved national team call-ups

#1 Alexandre Lacazette (Arsenal)

Lacazette has enjoyed a good campaign with Arsenal but again is omitted from Deschamps' first-team plans

There appears to be an ongoing theme with the Arsenal forward, who is often overlooked - perhaps given the level of attacking depth at Deschamps' disposal.

Olivier Giroud (Chelsea), Antoine Griezmann (Atletico Madrid) and the aforementioned Mbappe are all comfortable playing in a lone centre-forward role. Given the 55-year-old's preference for a 4-2-3-1 or 4-3-3 formation, it's clear that he likes to utilise one sole striker and supply support with wingers - of which he has many too.

It's difficult to pinpoint one reason why he's not being selected as much as Lacazette deserves to though, with only 16 international caps to his name after making his debut in 2012. He has netted three goals and created one assist in that time, with a brace against Germany on his last outing back in November 2017. Regularly being shunted out to the wings or cameo appearances off the substitutes' bench aren't going to provide him with much confidence either.

Giroud for instance, isn't a regular goalscorer but you know what you're getting from him. Excellent build-up play, tenacious out of possession and a genuine aerial threat, Deschamps trusts in his experience and rightly so, though it leaves less room for other options. Perhaps he doesn't believe in him as much, or just doesn't rate him that highly despite his consistency at club level.