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Abdoulaye Doucoure has had an incredible season and rumours have been rife that likes of Arsenal and Tottenham are taking noticed.

Much to the Frenchman's disappointment, Les Blues didn't call up Watford's driving force up for their friendlies against Colombia and Russia and now seems to have a lot of work to do to make the World Cup squad.

Hornet's coach Javi Gracia isn't worried about it's impact on his star player.

The former Rubin Kazan boss said: "I'm happy with him because he's having a great season. The decisions of other coaches and the French national team, I can't say anything. It's not up to me and I want to respect the other coaches.

"I think he would prefer to be there and to enjoy the national team, but I think he's happy with his season, with Watford.

"All the players want to play with the national team, I think, and I don't think he'll change his attitude or the way he plays with us."