Yanga-Mbiwa and Gourcuff cut by Blanc

Gourcuff and Montpellier centre-back Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa were dropped from a preliminary list of 25 as Blanc decided to travel to Ukraine with seven defenders and no recognised playmaker.

Gourcuff had been named in a preliminary squad in spite of a mediocre domestic season, but he failed to impress in a 3-2 friendly win against Iceland on Sunday.

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