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Hugo Ekitike was not rewarded for his unpleasant start to his Liverpool career with a call to the staff of France today, but Marseille Outcast Adrien Rabiot was included.

Ekitike has marked each of The first two games of Liverpool Premier LeagueAfter opening his Reds account on the community shield, but he has not been able to convince France Didier Deschamps, it was worth a place in the workforce for the World Cup classifiers against Ukraine and Iceland.

The 23-year-old, who moved to Anfield during the summer of Eintracht Frankfurt, has enjoyed a strong form of training for the U-21 team in France for the last twelve months, but his last snub can convince him to change loyalty, as he is also eligible to play Cameroon.

Deschamps said, “You may see him a little more 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 continuing to work well is fantastic. But there is also competition for his position. Obviously, he has the potential to play in France.”

Rabiot included in spite of the exile of Marseille

The Rabiot midfielder was part of the announced squad, however, despite being transferred by Marseille after an altering locker room with the then teammate Jonathan Rowe after the 1-0 defeat in Rennes in his opening of Ligue 1 on August 15.

Rowe, who was also told that he could leave Stade Velodrome, has since joined Bologna, but Rabiot remains in Limbo in Marseille before the transfer period on Monday.

Deschamps said, “I have talked with Adrien several times. I will not go into details, (but) made his preparation, his first game, what happened.

“ Obviously, this is not an easy situation for him. I do not know what will happen on Monday when it joins us, but on Monday their situation will be clear. They are not easy to manage, with the media scale. I care about Adrien in relation to what he is, what he has done with us, what he is still able to carry -it is always good that he can be with us.

Monaco striker, Maghnes Akliouche, received his first call.

France Squad

The workforce of France is: Lucas Chevalier (PSG), Mike Maignan (AC Milan), Brice Samba (Rennes); Lucas Digna (Aston Villa), Malo Gusto (Chelsea), Lucas Hernandez (PSG), Theo Hernandez (in Hilal), Ibrahima Konate (Liverpool), Jules Kounde (Barcelona), William Saliba (Arsenal), Dayot UpameCano (Bayern Munich); Desire Doue (PSG), Manu Kone (Rome), Adrien Rabiot (Marseille), Aurelien Tchouameni (Real Madrid), Khephren Thuram (Juventus); Maghnes Akliouche (Monaco), Bradley Barcola (PSG), Rayan Cherki (Manchester City), Ousmane Dembele (PSG), Kylian Mbapping (Real Madrid), Michael Olise (Bayern Munich), Marcus Thuram (Inter Milan)