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Thierry Henry named Bayern Munich’s new midfielder Michael Olise as well as former Arsenal forward Alexandre Lacazette in his final 18-man France squad for their home Olympics but Paris St Germain’s Warren Zaire-Emery was left out.

The Olympic tournament features under 23 squads with teams allowed to include a maximum of three overage players. Henry has selected Lacazette, 33, Jean-Philippe Mateta, 27, and Loic Bade, 24, as his three overage squad members.

PSG’s Zaire-Emery and Bradley Barcola had been included in the preliminary list but did appear on the final roster. Media reports in France said PSG were reluctant for their players to play in the competition, which falls outside the FIFA window.

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France, who won gold at the 1984 Los Angeles Games, play their first Group A game against the U.S. on July 24, before facing Guinea and New Zealand.

France squad:

Goalkeepers: Obed Nkambadio, Guillaume Restes

Defenders: Loic Bade, Bradley Locko, Castello Lukeba, Soungoutou Magassa, Kiliann Sildillia, Adrien Truffert

Midfielders: Maghnes Akliouche, Joris Chotard, Desire Doue, Manu Kone, Enzo Millot.

Forwards: Rayan Cherki, Arnaud Kalimuendo, Alexandre Lacazette, Jean-Philippe Mateta, Michael Olise

Reserves: Theo De Percin, Andy Diouf, Chrislain Matsima, Lesley Ugochukwu 

Crystal Palace are preparing to face some of the best the Premier League has to offer across the next eight days — and will have Michael Olise back for the fight.

The Eagles host Manchester City in the early kick-off on Saturday, before facing fellow title contenders Liverpool at Anfield next Sunday.

Olise will be fit to make a cameo on Saturday, his first appearance since February 3 due to a hamstring injury.

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“All the players who were in the squad in the last games are fit again,” Glasner told reporters on Friday. “Michael is coming back into the squad. We spoke to the medical team and the advice is for 15 or 20 minutes. He is ready and it gives us one more option towards the end of the game so we are happy.

“[Marc Guehi] is not training with the team at the minute. I would say he will be at least two or three weeks.”

On Olise’s fitness, Glasner said: “We didn’t train a lot this week because it’s the third game now, but of course he has shown his individual quality in possession. His dribbling, his finishing is great.