France coach Didier Deschamps has all but ruled out ever working with Manchester City midfielder Samir Nasri again.
Nasri, 28, earned the last of his 41 caps for Les Bleus during a World Cup playoff clash against Ukraine in November 2013.
Deschamps left the former Arsenal player out of his squad for the 2014 World Cup and the pair have since criticised each other several times in the media.
A long-running distrust was brought into focus again last week when Nasri posted a photo on Instagram, which showed him posing with the former Juventus midfielder, with a caption that read: "20 years ago before the storm."
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While Deschamps admitted that the post had made him laugh, he appeared to have no regrets about overlooking Nasri.
"From the moment that I didn't pick him for the World Cup, I knew that I didn't make him happy. But I accept responsibility for that choice," Deschamps told RMC.
Following his omission from the World Cup squad, Nasri said he was never likely to play for his country again while Deschamps was manager and announced his retirement from international football.
Deschamps agreed that the Marseille native was unlikely to receive a recall any time soon.
"Today, no," he said. "I don't see why I would review my position in relation to what I saw. I didn't take my decision just like that, without having seen, talked and exchanged.
"He was called up to several gatherings where I formed my opinion and took my decision. These days I don't ask myself the question [about whether he should be recalled]."
Deschamps was asked about Nasri after discussing West Ham playmaker Dimitri Payet, who recently said he did not understand what the former Marseille and Monaco boss expected of him.
"I don't only have lambs who say, 'Hello, yes coach, yes coach, good evening, good night.' I have players of character," Deschamps said.
"After that -- and I'm not speaking about Dimitri -- if I have a player who goes against the spirit and who can be a danger to the squad, I won't take him. And that's the case with certain players."
Deschamps was more nuanced in his assessment of Payet, 28, who made his displeasure clear after being overlooked for France's games against Portugal and Serbia earlier this month.
"It doesn't bother me -- players can say what they want," Deschamps said of Payet's comments. "He's at a training camp, I'm the coach. I discuss things with him and I tell him what I expect on the pitch.
"After that he understands, he does it or he doesn't. He has the right not to understand -- that's not my problem at the end of the day."
Payet will have done his cause no harm with a brace in West Ham's 2-0 win over Newcastle on Monday.
"Dimitri is a quality player who has performed well for his clubs," he said. "I saw his last match against Newcastle on Monday. He's always very sklilful and he's a very technical player. He plays well in a certain position but after that I'm there to decide."
France's 1998 World Cup-winning captain also believes that new Manchester United signing Anthony Martial will have to improve quickly if he is to nail down a starting place at Old Trafford.
"I called him up to the France squad before he went there," he said. "He has very interesting potential.
"Now he has steps forward to take and he'll have to take them quite quickly because at Monaco, for all the respect I have for them, he had a certain guarantee of game time."