FILE PHOTO: Premier League - Crystal Palace v Everton - Selhurst Park, London, Britain - September 26, 2020 Everton's Richarlison celebrates scoring their second goal with Abdoulaye Doucoure Pool via REUTERS/Bradley Collyer
BAMAKO (Reuters) - Mali named the English Premier League pair of Abdoulaye Doucoure and Adama Traore for friendlies in Turkey next week but their inclusion in a 31-man squad looks to be more in hope than anything else.
Everton midfielder Doucoure, born in France to Malian parents, is a former French junior international who earlier this year said he was hoping to earn a call up from Didier Deschamps to the France senior squad.
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