Captain Kylian Mbappe returned to the France squad named Thursday for this month's UEFA Nations League quarter-final against Croatia, as Paris Saint-Germain teenager Desire Doue earned a first call-up.

The 26-year-old missed the October call-up due to a thigh injury and was also left out of the squad for November's Nations League games.

Kylian Mbappé on Thursday was included in Didier Deschamps' squad for France's Nations League quarterfinals March 20 and 23, after more than a six-month absence from the team.

Real Madrid forward Kylian Mbappe has been recalled to France's squad after being omitted by manager Didier Deschamps for the past two international breaks. The 26-year-old has been named in France's squad for the Nations League quarter-final against Croatia.

In December, a rape investigation in Stockholm that Swedish media said focused on Mbappé was dropped. In an interview that aired on French TV station Canal Plus, Mbappé said he