WELCOME TO DIMITRI PAYET

Today came Laurent Blanc new list of new French National Team.

Hugo Lloris (Lyon), Steve Mandanda (Marseille), Cédric Carrasso (Bordeaux), Bakary Sagna (Arsenal), Adil Rami (Lille), Philippe Mexès (Roma/ITA), Mamadou Sakho (Paris SG), Gaël Clichy (Arsenal), Benoît Trémoulinas (Bordeaux), Abou Diaby (Arsenal), Alou Diarra (Bordeaux), Lassana Diarra (Real Madrid/ESP), Yann Mvila (Rennes), Florent Malouda (Chelsea/ENG), Yoann Gourcuff (Lyon), Mathieu Valbuena (Marseille), Blaise Matuidi (Saint-Etienne), Samir Nasri (Arsenal),Kevin Gameiro (Lorient), Guillaume Hoarau (Paris SG), Karim Benzema (Real Madrid/ESP), Loïc Rémy (Marseille), Dimitri Payet (Saint-Etienne).

Let me introduce you the little new one : DIMITRI PAYET born 29/03/87 in Saint Pierre (Reunion).

He first started his career at Le Havre in youth team but they decided he was not good enough and he had to get back to La Reunion. Big mistake from Le Havre but GOOD NEWS for FC NANTES where he played first in reserve team to finally start with the professionnal team in 2005.

After FC NANTES relegation in Ligue 2 he signed to AS ST ETIENNE : 121 GAMES AND 19 GOALS !

Great job kid !

ps : ARE WE BLIND OR HATEM BEN ARFA IS NOT ON THIS LIST ? Don't start Laurent Blanc...