French squad for Euro 2008

evil wasabi

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This is the team I'm going to be watching the most. I have a strong feeling that Benzema is going to become a household name very soon.

GK
Gregory Coupet - L'OL
Sebastian Frey - Fiorentina
Mickael Landreau - PSG
Steve Mandanda - Marseille

Defenders
Éric Abidal - Barca
Willy Gallas - Arsenal
Lilian Thuram - Barca
Willy Sagnol - Bayern Munich
Jean-Alain Boumsong - L'OL
Patrice Evra - Manchester Utd
Philippe Mexès - AS Roma
François Clerc - L'OL
Sébastien Squillaci - L'OL
Julien Escudé - Sevilla

Midfielders
Patrick Viera (c) - Inter Milan
Claude Makélélé - Chelsea
Florent Malouda - Chelsea
Jérémy Toulalan - L'OL
Alou Diarra - Bordeaux
Franck Ribéry - Bayern Munich
Lassana Diarra - Portsmouth
Mathieu Flamini - AC Milan (was Arsenal)
Hatem Ben Arfa - L'OL (soon to be Arsenal)
Samir Nasri - Marseille (rumored to Arsenal)

Forwards
Karim Benzema - L'OL (This is the guy to watch)
Sidney Govou - L'OL
Thierry Henry - Barca
Nicolas Anelka - Chelsea (but soon elsewhere)
Djibril Cissé - Marseille (what has he done for France?!)
Bafetimbi Gomis - AS Saint-Étienne

Thoughts - Landreau should go. Coupet will start, would rather see Yohann Pele on the national team.

A lot of OL on the team. Lyon is a great team, obviously.

Escudé, Gomis, and Nasri will likely be sent home before the final squad is announced. Hopefully Cisse too. The rest are difficult decisions.
 

rugal2000

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One of the strongest squads must be if Ludovic Giuly cant get in.
I realise he probably wouldnt make a top 50 squad of players in France but i wish Jean Claude Darcheville was in!
 

jeff bogard

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Im pretty sure Giuly has more talent than a couple of players called. it's a shame he wasn't called.
 
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