Overview
- Zinedine Zidane's provisional France squad includes four players called up to the senior team for the first time: Esteban Lepaul, Pablo Pagis, Ismaïlo Ganiou and Andy Diouf, and the final squad has not yet been announced.
- Esteban Lepaul earned attention after finishing last season as Ligue 1's top scorer with 21 goals and has started this campaign strongly, scoring three times in three matches.
- Pablo Pagis has been rewarded for his league form after a 10-goal season with Lorient and a summer move to Paris FC, but he lacks European competition experience.
- Ismaïlo Ganiou has recently switched his international allegiance from Burkina Faso to France's youth setup and has risen quickly at Lens, while Andy Diouf has impressed with Inter Milan this season.
- France must name the final squad a week before four Nations League matches—Turkey on 25 September, Belgium on 29 September, Italy on 2 October and Belgium on 5 October—creating urgency to balance domestic form and international experience.