Former Arsenal striker Gervinho has been left out of the Ivory Coast squad for November 12 World Cup qualifier against Morocco and a friendly with France three days later.

The Hebei Fortune of China player picked up a cruciate ligament injury raising fears that he may also miss next years African Cup of Nations.

Gervinho joins Manchester United defender Eric Bailly on the sidelines.Bailly has been out of action for nearly a month with knee injury suffered during his club match aganist Chelsea.

Making a return to the squad is Solomon Kalou after missing last month’s qualifier aganist Mali with coach Michel Dussuyer including new faces. Axel Kacou of French side Tours,Nicholas Pepe who plays for Angers in France and Jelus Eboue of Russian side Krasnodar are the new call-ups.
Ivory Coast squad:

Goalkeepers: Sylvain Gbohouo (TP Mazembe/DRC), Mande Sayouba (Stabaek/NOR), Axel Kacou (FC Tours/FRA), Ali Badra Sangare (AS Tanda/CIV)

Defenders: Serge Aurier (Paris SG/FRA), Simon Deli (Slavia Prague/CZE), Ousmane Diarrassouba (Adanaspor/TUR), Wilfried Kanon (The Hague/NED), Lamine Kone (Sunderland AFC/ENG), Adama Traore (FC Basel/SUI), Bagayoko Mamadou (KV Sint Truiden/BEL)

Midfielders: Geoffrey Serey Die (FC Basel/SUI), Victorien Angban(Grenada/ESP), Cheick Doukoure (FC Metz/FRA), Franck Kessie (Atlanta Bergame/ITA), Serge N’Guessan (AS Nancy Lorraine/FRA), Jean Michael Seri (Nice/FRA), Jules Eboue (Krasnodar/RUS)

Strikers: Wilfried Bony (Stoke City/ENG), Max Gradel (Bournemouth/ENG), Jonathan Kodjia (Aston Villa/ENG), Giovanni Sio (Rennes/FRA), Salomon Kalou (Hertha Berlin/GER), Nicolas Pepe (Angers/FRA)