Kurt Zouma called into French Squad by Didier Deschamps

In from Chelsea youngster Kurt Zouma has been called up in the French National squad for the upcoming friendlies.

French manager Didier Deschamps has named 23 men squad for the upcoming friendly match in the international break. Zouma joins the likes of Laurent Koscienly, Raphael Varane and Mamadou Sakho in list of potential center half pairings. Zouma was skipper of the age group sides in previous occassion and has been called up for the first time since he joined Chelsea.

The full squad:

GOALKEEPERS:

Hugo Lloris (Tottenham Hotspur – England)

Steve Madanda (Marseille – France)

Ruffier (Saint-Etienne- France)

DEFENDERS:

Patrice Evra ( Juventus- Italy)

Cristophe Jallet (Lyon – France)

Laurent Koscienly (Arsneal – England)

Bacary Sagna ( Manchester City – England)

Mamadou Sakho ( Liverpool – England)

Raphael Varane ( Real Madrid- Spain)

Benoit Tremoulinas (Sevilla- Spain)

Kurt Zouma (Chelsea-England)

MIDFIELDERS:

Maxime Gonalona (Lyon-France)

Mousa Sissoko (Newcastle United-England)

Morgan Schneiderlin (Southampton-England)

Geoffrey Kondogbia (Monaco-France)

Blaise Matuidi (PSG-France)

Dimitri Payet(Marseille-France)

FORWARDS:

Alexander Lacazette (Lyon-France)

Nabil Fekir (Lyon-France)

Olivier Giroud (Arsenal- England)

Antoine Griezmann (Atletico Madrid-Spain)

Karim Benzema (Real Madrid-Spain)

Mathieu Valbuena(Dynamo Moscow-Russia)