Newcastle's Hatem Ben Arfa in France's preliminary Euro 2012 squad

. Manager has appointed French players residing abroad

teammate Yohan Cabaye and Younes Kaboul included Spurs

Hatem Ben Arfa was appointed by Laurent Blanc on Wednesday in their team European Championship preliminary French players who are abroad.

Newcastle United striker, who won the last of his eight caps in a 2-1 loss against Norway in 2010, was included in a list of 12 players also teammate Yohan Cabaye and defender Younes Kaboul Tottenham Hotspur.

White, who has until May 29 to unveil its final 23 players, naming his preliminary squad based players in Ligue 1 on Tuesday.

France are in Group D with England, Sweden and Ukraine, co-organizers.

preliminary team players based abroad

Defenders Gael Clichy (Manchester City), Patrice Evra (Manchester United), Younes Kaboul (Tottenham Hotspur), Laurent Koscielny (Arsenal), Philippe Mexes (Milan), Adil Rami (Valencia)

Midfielders: Yohan Cabaye (Newcastle United), Florent Malouda (Chelsea), Samir Nasri (Manchester City)

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