Algeria Invites French-Born Lyon Midfielder Aouar For Friendly Vs Super Eagles

And Aouar, whose only appearance for France was on 7 October 2020 in a friendly against Ukraine, has been invited for the friendly.

“Algeria have called up Lyon midfielder Houssem Aouar. It is now down to the player if he wants to join up with the squad or not,” Ammi wrote on Twitter.

Aouar is eligible to feature for Algeria despite playing for the French youth teams at the U17 and U21 levels.

In 2018, he was reported considering to represent Algeria at international level following a talk with Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema.

In January 2019, Algeria coach Djamel Belmadi confirmed that he would visit Aouar and present the vision and project of the Desert Foxes in hope of convincing him to play at that year’s AFCON in Egypt.

SOURCE: Complete Sports