France, May 15 -- Deschamps, who will leave his post as head coach after the tournament, revealed the 26 names for the 48-team tournament during the evening news programme of the French broadcaster TF1.

Mbappe, 27, will lead a group which includes his Madrid teammate Aurelien Tchouameni as well as the Paris Saint-Germain stars Ousmane Dembele, Desire Doue, Bradley Barcola and Warren Zaire-Emery.

Bayern Munich's Michael Olise, Inter Milan's Marcus Thuram and Monaco's rising star Magnes Akliouche join Mbappe in the front line along with surprise choice Jean-Philippe Mateta from the English Premier League outfit Crystal Palace

"He's a player we've been tracking all season," Deschamps told presenter Gilles Bouleau. "Mateta has also had the...