Hugo Ekitike was not rewarded for his fellow start to his Liverpool career with a call to the French team today – but Marseille was excluded Adrien Rabiot.
Ekitike scored in each of the first two Liverpool League games, after opening his Reds account in the community shield, but was unable to persuade the boss of France Diader Deschamps, he was worth a place in the team for the World Cup qualifiers against Ukraine and Iceland.
The 23 -year -old, who moved to Anfield during the summer of Eintracht Frankfurt, experienced a strong form for the team under 2 years under the age of 21 in the last 12 months, but his last snob could persuade him to change allegiance because he is also eligible to play for Cameroon.
Deschamps said, “You could see him a little more now because he is in Liverpool, but we also followed him when he was in Frankfurt where he had a very good season.
“The fact that he is in Liverpool and continues to perform well is great. But there is also a competition for his position. Obviously, he has the potential to play for France.”
Rabiot included despite Marseille Exile
Midfielder Rabiot was part of the announced team, however, despite the transfer listed by Marseille after an altercation of the locker room with the teammate of the time Jonathan Rowe after the 1-0 defeat in Rennes in their Ligue 1 opening match on August 15.
Rowe, who was also informed that he could leave the Stade Velodrome, has since joined Bologna, but Rabiot remains in the limbo in Marseille before the transfer date on Monday.
Deschamps said: “I spoke to Adrien several times. I will not enter into the details, [but] He made his preparation, his first match, what happened.
Obviously, this is not an easy situation for him. I don’t know what’s going on on Monday when he joins you, but his situation will be clear on Monday. These are not easy to manage things, with the media scale. I care about Adrien in relation to what he is, what he has done with us, which he is always able to bring us. It is always good that he can be with us. “”
Monaco Maghnes striker Akliouche received his first call.
French team
The France Squad is: Lucas Chevalier (PSG), Mike Maignan (AC Milan), Brice Samba (Rennes); Lucas Digne (Aston Villa), Malo Gusto (Chelsea), Lucas Hernandez (PSG), Theo Hernandez (Al Hilal), Ibrahima Konate (Liverpool), Jules Kounde (Barcelona), William Saliba (Arsenal), Dayot Upamecano (Bayern Munich); Desire Doue (PSG), Manu Kone (Roma), Adrien Rabiot (Marseille), Aurelien Tchouameni (Real Madrid), Khephren Thuram (Juventus); Maghnes Akliouche (Monaco), Bradley Barcola (PSG), Rayan Cherki (Manchester City), Ousmane Dembele (PSG), Kylian Mbappe (Real Madrid), Michael Olise (Bayern Munich), Marcus Thuram (Inter Milan)
