FULL LIST | Hugo Ekitiké and Mathys Tel called up for France’s training camp ahead of U-21 Euros | OneFootball

France U-21 manager Gérard Baticle has announced an expanded 29-strong squad for a training camp ahead of the U-21 Euros. France have qualified for the tournament, which will take place next month in Slovakia. Les Bleuets will face Portugal on Wednesday, June 11st before locking horns with Georgia and Poland in Group C. The France U-21 squad will convene next Monday at Clairefontaine for a training camp. Before flying off to Slovakia, France will play a final friendly game against Ukbekistan on Wednesday, June 4th.

Among the players called up by Baticle, some of them would not have looked totally out of place within Didier Deschamps’ senior squad. Eintracht Frankfurt centre-forward Hugo Ekitiké is among them. The former PSG striker has attracted interest from a handful of European sides after an impressive season with Die Adler. Tottenham Hotspur duo Mathys Tel and Wilson Odobert have also been called up. RB Leipzig centre-back Castello Lukeba, who once featured for France’s senior side, has also made the cut.

Gérard Baticle’s France U-21 squad ahead if the 2025 Euros:

Goalkeepers: Obed Nkambadio (Paris FC), Guillaume Restes (Toulouse), Robin Risser (Red Star FC)

Defenders: Jérémy Jacquet (Rennes), Castello Lukeba (Leipzig), Chrislain Matsima (Augsburg), Christian Mawissa (Monaco), Quentin Merlin (Marseille), Killiann Sildillia (Freiburg), Nathan Zézé (Nantes)

Midfielders: Lucien Agoumé (Sevilla) Dilane Bakwa (Strasbourg), Saïmon Bouabre (Monaco), Ayyoub Bouaddi (Lille), Mathys Detourbet (Troyes), Andy Diouf (Lens), Ismaël Doukouré (Strasbourg), Johann Lepenant (Nantes), Enzo Millot (Stuttgart)

Forwards: Jean-Mattéo Bahoya (Frankfurt), Thierno Barry (Villarreal), Noah Edjouma (Toulouse), Hugo Ekitiké (Frankfurt) Tidiam Gomis (Leipzig), Arnaud Kalimuendo (Rennes), Eli Junior Kroupi (Bournemouth) Wilson Odobert (Tottenham), Loum Tchaouna (Lazio), Mathys Tel (Tottenham).

GFFN | Bastien Cheval