http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/france-boss-didier-deschamps-embarrassed-7416732 12:21, 22 Feb 2016
Updated 12:30, 22 Feb 2016
By Ed Malyon
Didier Deschamps has been scouting Napoli defender Kalidou Koulibaly for France's Euro 2016 squad - completely unaware that the defender is already playing for Senegal.
France coach Deschamps revealed that he has been keeping tabs on the impressive centre-back when questioned on the chances of Athletic Bilbao's Aymeric Laporte being called up for this summer's tournament on home soil.
As well as admitting an interest in Barcelona's Jeremy Mathieu, Deschamps said: "For our defence, I've also been following Kouilibaly," on popular French TV show Canal Football Club.
However, despite being born in France, Koulibaly has played four times for Senegal since switching his allegiance having been a French Under-20 international.
When informed that Koulibaly was already representing another country, an embarrassed Deschamps responded: "Really? Well, we'll see."
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