Mbappe handed maiden France call-up
Kylian Mbappe will look to take his free-scoring Monaco form on to the international stage after being called into the France senior squad.
Teenage Monaco striker Kylian Mbappe has been rewarded for his prolific form with a maiden call-up to France's senior squad for the matches against Luxembourg and Spain this month.
The 18-year-old opened the scoring as Monaco beat Manchester City 3-1 at Stade Louis II on Thursday (AEDT), helping the Ligue 1 club progress to the UEFA Champions League quarter-finals via the away goals rule after a thrilling tie ended 6-6 on aggregate.
It was Mbappe's 11th goal in his past 11 appearances in all competitions and he comes into Didier Deschamps' squad having represented France Under-17 and France Under-19.
Mbappe's team-mate, 22-year-old left-back Benjamin Mendy, joins his colleague in being called up for the first time, as does fellow France Under-21 defender and Paris Saint-Germain centre-back Presnel Kimpembe.
France sits top of Group A in the European qualifiers for FIFA World Cup Russia 2018, with its position unlikely to come under threat when it travels to minnow Luxembourg in the forthcoming round of fixtures before hosting Spain in a friendly at Stade de France on 29 March (AEDT).