FRENCH manager Aime Jacquet has again snubbed Manchester United's Eric Cantona and Newcastle's David Ginola.
Criticised after adopting defensive tactics in the European Championship, Jacquet has selected two of France's most promising strikers for tomorrow's friendly against Mexico.
Olympic team members Florian Maurice and Robert Pires, both left out of Euro 96, were called up to give an attacking edge to the national side who prepare for the World Cup on home soil in 1998.
It had been widely expected that the English-based players would be recalled.
'We're starting a new two-year campaign aiming at the highest possible target in football,' Jacquet said.
'We can rely on the experience of Euro 96 but it is also our duty to improve, especially up front.' With Maurice and Pires, who play for Lyon and Metz respectively, Jacquet has decided to bet on the future rather than to recall Cantona, Ginola and Jean-Pierre Papin.
