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Gallas declared fit for World Cup

The 23 players still in Tignes, where France are on a week-long training camp, should become Domenech's official 23-man squad.

"We trust the 23 players who are here," Domenech, who has until June 1 to name his squad, said in a video posted on the French Football Federation's website.

"It's complicated to take somebody out and we've had Lassana Diarra who's had a real problem," Domenech added.

"Then we found ourselves with 23 players so we no longer needed to make a choice because that group here keep showing us that we can trust them."

"Those 23 players will take us all the way," said Domenech, whose team will play Costa Rica on Wednesday in Lens in the first of three warm-up games for the finals, where they will face hosts South Africa, Mexico and Uruguay in Group A.

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