‘No feud’ but Malouda out of French fold

FRANCE coach Raymond Domenech has insisted that Florent Malouda’s absence from the squad to face Argentina next week is a football decision — and not the result of a feud with the Chelsea winger.

Malouda was one of several Premier League-based French players missing from Domenech’s 21-man squad, but the likes of Patrice Evra and Mikael Silvestre are missing because of recent injury problems.

Malouda and Domenech have not see eye to eye since the European Championships, and the former Lyon player reopened their war of words last month.