Since the last couple of years, the squad depth of France have been phenomenal, and for the manager, Didier Deschamps, it has been a mighty task to name a 23-man squad for the FIFA World Cup 2018 from a large talent pool like France.
To put things into perspective, Deschamps had to select his strikers for the World Cup from a list comprising of Antoine Griezmann, Olivier Giroud, Kylian Mbappe, Alexandre Lacazette, André Pierre-Gignac, Wissam Ben Yedder, Karim Benzema and Kevin Gameiro among others.
While some players got their well-deserved chance in the squad, some had to leave heartbroken and forget their World Cup dreams despite being in an amazing form.
Considering this, we picked top five players who deserved a place in the squad in France’s squad.
1. Adrien Rabiot
Adrien Rabiot was expected to be a part of the travelling squad to Russia and is perhaps the most surprising exclusion.
He was a regular starter for PSG despite the competition for places in the squad.
He was also a regular member of the French squad during the qualifiers and the friendlies preceding the FIFA World Cup 2018, but when the big day came, Steven Nzonzi got the nod ahead of him.