Hugo Ekitike has been named in Didier Deschamps' latest France squad despite coming off injured in Liverpool 's Champions League defeat to Galatasaray on Tuesday.

Ekitike, who was forced off in the second-half in Istanbul, received his first France call-up in August, replacing the injured Rayan Cherki , and will travel with Les Bleus again for World Cup qualifiers against Azerbaijan and Iceland in October.

"He said he couldn't continue so we had to take him off. Let's see how he is for the weekend," Liverpool boss Arne Slot said after Ekitike was forced off in Istanbul.

Crystal Palace 's Jean-Phillipe Mateta earns his first senior France call-up adding to a wealth of attacking options for Deschamps, including Kylian Mbappé , Bradley Barcola and Kingsley Coman , who

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