Lucas Hernandez formally rejects France to play for Spain Spain Deschamps included him in squad for friendlies

After rejecting the call from France, Atletico Madrid defender Lucas Hernandez will represent Spain at international level.

Les Bleus have two friendlies in March as they continue their World Cup preparations, against Colombia and Russia.

Didier Deschamps had called the defender up and included him in his squad for those games at the end of the month but the response from Hernandez has been negative.

He doesn't want to play for France because his desire is for Julen Lopetegui to call him up for Spain.

As MARCA previously reported, Lopetegui has called Lucas to assure him that he wants him to be part of his plans and the player could even end up in La Roja's World Cup squad.

"I feel Spanish, Spain has given me everything," he said in a TVE interview a few days ago. "If they call me up, I'll go."