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Liverpool defender Dejan Lovren left out of Croatia squad for Euro 2016

Liverpool defender Dejan Lovren will miss Euro 2016 after Croatia coach Ante Cacic left him out of his provisional 27-man squad.

Lovren was left on the bench for in a friendly against Hungary in Budapest on March 26, and the defender said Cacic had gone back on his word by not playing him.

That led to the pair falling out, with Cacic insisting there was "there is no place for ultimatums" within his squad and that "the Croatia squad is above any individual." But in announcing his initial squad for the finals in France, Cacic said that Lovren could return in the future.

"These are the best players we have at our disposal," Cacic told a news conference on Monday. "Playing in the national team requires good form and total commitment at club and international level. We want to keep a sound atmosphere in the dressing room.

"I haven't closed the door on Lovren for good, he can return one day if he realises that he has to be a team player. When it dawns on him that he can't look down on his teammates, the staff and the coach, he will perhaps find a way to get back in."

Croatia face holders Spain, Czech Republic and Turkey in Group D at Euro 2016.

Goalkeepers: Danijel Subasic (Monaco), Lovre Kalinic (Hajduk Split), Ivan Vargic (Rijeka), Dominik Livakovic (Dinamo Zagreb)

Defenders: Vedran Corluka (Lokomotiv Moscow), Darijo Srna (Shakhtar Donetsk), Domagoj Vida (Dynamo Kiev), Sime Vrsaljko (Sassuolo), Gordon Schildenfeld (Dinamo Zagreb), Ivan Strinic (Napoli), Tin Jedvaj (Bayer Leverkusen), Duje Caleta-Car (Red Bull Salzburg)

Midfielders: Luka Modric (Real Madrid), Ivan Rakitic (Barcelona), Mateo Kovacic (Real Madrid), Marcelo Brozovic (Inter Milan), Milan Badelj (Fiorentina), Ivan Perisic (Inter Milan), Alen Halilovic (Sporting Gijon), Domagoj Antolic (Dinamo Zagreb), Marko Rog (Dinamo Zagreb), Ante Coric (Dinamo Zagreb)

Strikers: Mario Mandzukic (Juventus), Nikola Kalinic (Fiorentina), Marko Pjaca (Dinamo Zagreb), Andrej Kramaric (Leicester City), Duje Cop (Dinamo Zagreb)

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