Samir Nasri has been left out of France's World Cup squad. This was revealed when Didier Deschamps unveiled a 23-man list plus seven standby players on Tuesday.
The Manchester City midfielder has been labelled "troublemaker" in the national team but was part of the team that saw the team through the play off though not impressive in the campaign.
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Following his remarkable form for Lille this season Nigerian goalkeeper Vincent Enyeama name has being shortlisted among the ten African players nominated for Marc-Vivien Foe award this year.
The award has been on in honour of former Olympique Lyon and Cameroon international Marc-Vivien Foe who died of heart failure during a match in 2003 at the age of 28.
For a player to become eglible for this award, he must come from an African country and plays in the French Ligue 1 that's why Super Eagles stopper Enyeama who plays for Ligue 1 outfit Lille OSC is a nominee
Former Arsenal striker and Morocco international Marouane Chamakh was the first player to won the award. The now Crystal Palace striker was the winner of the award when he was playing for Bordeux in 2009.
Other winners of the award are listed below.
* Gervinho in 2010 and 2011 (Ivory Coast/Lille OSC)
* Younes Belhanda in 2012 (Monteplier/Moroccn)
* Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang in 2013 (Olympic Lyon/Gabon).
Check out the complete list of this year's nominees: Aymen Abdennour (Tunisia/Toulouse, Monaco); Vincent Aboubakar (Cameroon/Lorient); Kossi Agassa (Togo/Reims); Serge Aurier (Ivory Coast/Toulouse); Henri Bedimo (Cameroon/Lyon); Vincent Enyeama (Nigeria/Lille); Salomon Kalou (Ivory Coast/Lille); Mounir Obbadi (Morocco/Monaco); Prince Oniangue (Togo/Reims); Mustapha Yatabare (Mali/Guingamp);
The winner will be announced on June 26 - which the exact date Marc-Vivien Foe died.