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Everton's Lucas Digne out of France squad with injury

Lucas Digne was on standby for France during this summer's World Cup finals in Russia.
Image: Lucas Digne has been ruled out of France's game against Iceland

Everton left-back Lucas Digne has pulled out of the France squad with a thigh injury, after limping out of training earlier this week.

Digne was not named in the squad that beat Moldova 4-1 on Friday night.

Antoine Griezmann, Raphael Varane, Olivier Giroud and Kylian Mbappe were all on the scoresheet in that game as Didier Deschamps' side won their opening European Qualifier.

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Highlights of France's trip to Moldova in Group H of the European Qualifiers

The 25-year-old is unavailable for their game against Iceland on Monday, live on Sky Sports, where he would have faced Everton team-mate Gylfi Sigurdsson.

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He has made 23 caps for his country and was in the France squad that finished as runners-up in Euro 2016.

Digne, who moved from Barcelona to Merseyside for £18m last summer, will return to England to link up with the Toffees ahead of their Premier League game with West Ham next Saturday.

Lucas Digne celebrates after scoring a late free-kick against Watford
Image: Digne is fighting to be fit for Everton's next game on March 30

He has three goals and four assists from full-back this season and has kept the experienced Leighton Baines out of the team.

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