Captain Patrice Evra has accused a "traitor" within the France camp of trying to destabilise the squad.

Striker Nicolas Anelka has been sent home from the World Cup after his bust-up with coach Raymond Domenech at half-time of Thursday's 2-0 defeat to Mexico. Anelka's row with Domenech was splashed all over the front page of French newspaper L'Equipe and Evra said the blame for that lies with an unknown individual within the team's World Cup party.

"The problem of France is not Anelka, but the traitor among us," he said. "We must eliminate the traitor from the group, because he wants to hurt the team."