Lamien Yamalwho is not in this call for the Spanish team due to an injury, is a cause of concern for Luis de la Fuente while Morocco push for the 16-year-old talent to eventually play for them.
Not far from Spain, in Germany, there is a case that may be similar but more confusing, because the footballer will fight for two world champion teams. It’s about the talented Mathis Tel (18 years old), who this season has taken a huge step forward with Bayern Munich and where the Germans have high hopes of landing him so that he can defend their colors, although after to be born in Sarcelles he has, at this moment, only the possibility of playing with France, with whom he has already been in the lower categories.
His 6 goals and 1 assist in eleven games with him Bavaria unnoticed Rudi Völler, who spoke openly about Tel in an interview with Bild. “Of course I want him to play for Germany, he is a good striker. We will try to nationalize it. But, in the end, the player himself will decide and, of course, his family. It’s not something to be taken lightly,” explains Völler, who admits that “his roots are very French. “We all know in Germany that we don’t have many top-level forwards, so we have to make the most of what we have.”
The issue is that in Germany hope grows after Teldespite his good start to the season, was not called up to the first team of France, not in U-21, but in U-19. However, he must first be naturalized in order to be called by Germany.
According to the country’s standards, the requirements require that “the person must be able to take care of himself and have sufficient knowledge of German”, in addition to having 8 years in the country to obtain nationality. He does not, in fact it is 2022 when he signs for Bayern, but the authorities may try to speed up the situation.
However, Germany will run by FIFA regulations. It explains, in article 7, that a player who starts living between the ages of 10 and 18 in another country must have stayed for 5 years to become naturalized. That means it can’t be until 2027.
Source: La Verdad
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