Belgium and France are two of the favourites to lift the trophy at Wembley on July 11, and between them they have four players in their squads with links to the Middle East and North Africa. Six months later, he got a call-up to Didier Deschamps’s French squad for two friendly matches, against Colombia and Russia. He scored his first goal for Les Blues in June 2019, against Andorra, in Euro 2020 qualifying. He’ll need to bring his Monaco form to the table to find his way past Karim Benzema and Mbappe in France’s squad of A-listers. Benzema returned to the French squad in May this year, and now finds himself in contention to start this summer.

Source: The North Africa Journal June 09, 2021 08:37 UTC