"You get chosen for the France team because you are a good player, not because of the region you come from or your origin," he insisted. Francois Hollande is to visit France's football squad on Sunday with the president hoping to give 'Les Bleus' a boost ahead of Friday's Euro 2016 curtain raiser against Romania. Hollande also confirmed he would be travelling to Rio in August for the Olympic Games in order ro support French athletes and Paris' 2024 Games hosting bid. "The players need to concentrate on the tournament now and forget about the rest and not let it all disturb them." The Real Madrid forward accused Deschamps of bowing to "pressure from a racist part of France", after being left out due to an ongoing sextape blackmail investigation in which he is accused of involvement.

Source: Standard Digital June 05, 2016 12:22 UTC