England manager Roy Hodgson on Thursday named Drinkwater in his Three Lions side to face Germany and Holland while French national team manager Didier Deschamps handed his fellow midfielder N'Golo a chance in the Blues' upcoming friendlies friendlies against Holland and Russia
Drinkwater has made more tackles (80) than any other English midfielder in the Premier League this season.
West Ham's Dimitri Payet, is also rewarded for a fine season for his club but there were no places for Karim Benzema and Mathieu Valbuena in France's team.
The duo are enmeshed in a sex video scandal that is threatening to rue their chances of a Euro 2016 places especially Real Madrid's Benzema.
Meawhile Kingsley Coman who is a Juventus player but on loan at Bayern Munich and was responsible for the Old Lady's exit Wednesday night in the Champions League scoring the fourth goal in a 4-2 win is named in the French 23-man squad.
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