Chelsea defender Kurt Zouma has been rewarded for his fine form with a call-up to Didier Deschamps ' French squad . Zouma was dubbed the new Marcel Desailly by Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho after an impressive performance against Tottenham in the Capital One Cup final at Wembley . And the 20-year-old ’ s form this season has clearly caught the eye of Deschamps who brings the former Saint-Etienne man in to his squad . Kurt Zouma has been rewarded for his fine form with a call-up to Didier Deschamps ' French squad . Zouma has been dubbed the new Marcel Desailly by Jose Mourinho following a great start at Chelsea . Zouma is yet to win a senior cap for his country but has represented France at various levels including a stint as U21 captain . There are also call-ups for a host of other fellow French Premier League players including Hugo Lloris , Laurent Koscielny , Mamadou Sakho , Morgan Schneiderlin , Moussa Sissoko and Olivier Giroud . Manchester City defender Bacary Sagna is also given the nod by Deschamp despite enduring a stop-start season for the Citizens . Goalkeepers : Lloris ( Tottenham Hotspur ) , Mandanda ( Marseille ) , Ruffier ( Saint-Etienne ) . Defenders : Evra ( Juventus ) , Jallet ( Lyon ) , Koscielny ( Arsenal ) , Sagna ( Manchester City ) , Sakho ( Liverpool ) , Trmmoulinas ( Sevilla ) , Varane ( Real Madrid ) , Zouma ( Chelsea ) . Midfielders : Gonalons ( Lyon ) , Kondogbia ( Monaco ) , Matuidi ( Paris Saint-Germain ) , Payet ( Marseille ) , Schneiderlin ( Southampton ) , Sissoko ( Newcastle United ) . Forwards : Benzema ( Real Madrid ) , Fekir ( Lyon ) , Giroud ( Arsenal ) , Griezmann ( Atletico Madrid ) , Lacazette ( Lyon ) , Valbuena ( Dynamo Moscow ) . Manchester City defender Bacary Sagna tries to stop Barcelona wizard Lionel Messi in his tracks . Hugo Lloris has been rewarded for his fine Tottenham Hotspur form with a call-up to Deschamps ' squad . Striker Olivier Giroud has also been named in the French side following a decent season at Arsenal .
Kurt Zouma has been called up to the French squad by Didier Deschamps . The former Chelsea striker was a surprise inclusion in France's World Cup qualifiers against San Marino and Malta last month, but he is now set for his first appearance of this summer's European Championship qualifiers.