Randal Kolo Muani included in France squad ahead of Brazil & Colombia friendlies

[p]With [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/barcola-bradley/lhGD3RgS/"]Bradley Barcola[/a] ruled out by an ‌ankle injury, Deschamps turned to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/kolo-muani-randal/WKBRZ6Y6/"]Kolo Muani[/a] ‌and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/akliouche-maghnes/0UP6MLGJ/"]Maghnes Akliouche[/a] in attack for what will be his final selection before the World ‌Cup, which runs from June 11 ⁠to July ‌19.[/p][p]Deschamps said he would name his squad for the ​World Cup on May 13.[/p][p][b]Kolo Muani arrives on the back of a ​timely goal for [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/tottenham/UDg08Ohm/"]Tottenham Hotspur[/a] in Wednesday’s 3-2 Champions League victory over [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/atl-madrid/jaarqpLQ/"]Atletico Madrid[/a] ⁠and is one ​of nine forwards included in a squad that exceeds FIFA’s 26-player limit for the World Cup.[/b][/p][p]Deschamps has opted to cast his ‌net wide, keeping competition open in the final weeks before the tournament.[/p][embed guid="d7a43af0-ba81-4a85-9b27-4cdacf75c50a" url="https://x.com/equipedefrance/status/2034616656270389514" social-type="twitter" /][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/thuram-marcus/hMMX02Fm/"]Marcus Thuram[/a], despite scoring only once in the past two months, also retains his place, while Akliouche - a regular call-up since September - continues to feature as Deschamps assesses his attacking options.[/p][p]Another notable inclusion is goalkeeper [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/chevalier-lucas/IsTiBa8d/"]Lucas Chevalier[/a].[/p][p][b]The [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/psg/CjhkPw0k/"]Paris ‌St Germain[/a] shot-stopper has recently lost his ​starting role to [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/safonov-matvey/zJF3W9Rq/"]Matvei Safonov[/a] at club ‌level but has been preferred over [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/risser-robin/zHRwZwXF/"]Robin Risser[/a] of [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/lens/IBmris38/"]Lens[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/butez-jean/QHLJe7td/"]Jean Butez[/a] of [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/como/ttyLthOA/"]Como[/a] for the US tour.[/b][/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/france/QkGeVG1n/"]France[/a] will face [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/brazil/I9l9aqLq/"]Brazil[/a] in Boston on [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/brazil-I9l9aqLq/france-QkGeVG1n/?mid=few9ITN7"]March 26[/a] ⁠before taking ⁠on [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/colombia/G02s4PCS/"]Colombia[/a] in ‌Washington on [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/colombia-G02s4PCS/france-QkGeVG1n/?mid=h6y6Qkhg"]March 29[/a].[/p]