Illan Meslier has waited patiently for his first France call-up and he could be forgiven for thinking that perhaps the time had come when Hugo Lloris pulled out of the squad on Monday.
France will soon be preparing for a future without their veteran captain, who at the ripe old age of 35, has amassed an astonishing 139 caps for his country. Lloris's thigh injury has presented one of the next generation with an opportunity to become the heir to his throne, but it appears that that chance has come too soon for Meslier.
Didier Deschamps has opted to call upon FC Nantes goalkeeper Alban Lafont, but perhaps the biggest surprise was that West Ham's second-choice keeper Alphonse Areola was selected above both of them in the first place.
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