Marseille defender Rod Fanni has admitted that he was surprised to be called up for France's upcoming World Cup qualifiers against Georgia and Spain.

The right-back will replace the injured Mathieu Debuchy in the Les Bleus squad for their Group I games.

"It freaked me out a bit," he told Ligue1.com. "I'm not saying that I thought I would never be called up again, but I was getting that way.

"I had become used to saying 'no' when someone asked me if I was going to be called up."

France will host Georgia at Stade de France on Friday and will welcome Spain to the same venue next Tuesday.