France coach Jacques Santini has named a squad for next week’s friendly international against Belgium.

Recent Manchester United signing Louis Saha has been called inbto the squad for the first time. He is one of 8 English-based players in the 20-man squad.

Squad:
Goalkeepers: Fabien Barthez (Olympique Marseille), Gregory Coupet (Olympique Lyon)
Defenders: Jean-Alain Boumsong (AJ Auxerre), Marcel Desailly (Chelsea), William Gallas (Chelsea), Bixente Lizarazu (Bayern Munich), Willy Sagnol (Bayern Munich), Mikael Silvestre (Manchested United), Lilian Thuram (Juventus Turin)
Midfielders: Olivier Dacourt (Roma), Claude Makelele (Chelsea), Robert Pires (Arsenal), Jerome Rothen (AS Monaco), Patrick Vieira (Arsenal), Zinedine Zidane (Real Madrid)
Forwards: Sidney Govou (Olympique Lyon), Thierry Henry (Arsenal), Peguy Luyindula (Olympique Lyon), Louis Saha (Manchester United), David Trezeguet (Juventus)