The Manchester City man was resigned to not making the trip to Brazil and his thoughts were correct in the player not making the squad despite helping his club to the EPL title.
Montpellier attacking midfielder made the reserves list but was perhaps a bit unlucky to make the final 23 with some extraordinary form this season for a middle table club.
23 Man Squad for France:
Keepers:
Hugo Lloris (Tottenham), Steve Mandanda (Marseille), Michael Landreau (Bastia)
Defenders:
Mathieu Debuchy (Newcastle), Bacary Sagna (Arsenal), Laurent Koscielny (Arsenal), Mamadou Sakho (Liverpool), Raphael Varane (Real Madrid), Eliaquim Mangala (Porto), Lucas Digne (PSG), Patrice Evra (Manchester United)
Midfielders:
Paul Pogba (Juventus), Blaise Matuidi (PSG), Yohan Cabaye (PSG), Clement Grenier (Lyon), Rio Mavuba (Lille), Moussa Sissoko (Newcastle), Mathieu Valbuena (Marseille)
Forwards:
Loic Remy (QPR loan at Newcastle), Karim Benzema (Real Madrid), Franck Ribery (Bayern Munich), Olivier Giroud (Arsenal), Antoine Griezmann (Real Sociedad)
Reserves:
Remy Cabella (Montpellier), Maxime Gonalons (Lyon), Alexandre Lacazette (Lyon), Loic Perrin (St. Etienne), Benoit Tremoulinas (St. Etienne), Stephane Ruffier (St. Etienne), Morgan Schneiderlin (Southampton)