By Craig McWalter
March 21 2002

The Paris St Germain and on loan Liverpool striker has been left out of Roger Lemerre's squad for next Wednesday's friendly against Scotland. Anelka has impressed during his recent loan spell at Liverpool, but was omitted along with Newcastle's Laurent Robert and Bolton's Youri Djorkaeff, although there was a recall for Fulham frontman Steve Marlet.

Other Premiership stars named in the squad for the game in the Stade de France on March 27 are Fabien Barthez and Mikael Silvestre of Manchester United, Arsenal quartet Robert Pires, Patrick Vieira, Thierry Henry and Sylvain Wiltord and Chelsea's Marcel Desailly and Emmanuel Petit.

Djibril Cisse, whose scoring exploits for Auxerre this season have won him Under-21 caps and brought him to the attention of a number of Premiership clubs, looks set to have to wait another four years for World Cup football after being overlooked.

France squad: F Barthez, M Silvestre (Manchester United), U Rame (Bordeaux); B Lizarazu (Bayern Munich), V Candela (Roma), M Desailly, E Petit (Chelsea), P Christanval (Barcelona), F Leboeuf (Marseille), C Karembeu (Olympiakos), E Carriere (Lyon), C Makelele, Z Zidane (Real Madrid), R Pires, P Vieira, T Henry, S Wiltord (Arsenal), S Marlet (Fulham), D Trezeguet (Juventus).