Expected to join the Algerian team, Rennes striker Amine Gouiri (6 matches, 1 goal in Ligue 1 this season) would not have informed his management of his choice to join the Greens, according to sports director Florian Maurice, sowing doubt about his intentions. A situation to which the French coach Didier Deschamps would not be foreign.
At the beginning of September, before facing Tanzania, the coach of the FennecsDjamel Belmadi, had confirmed the change of nationality of the former French international Espoirs (29 caps, 12 goals) in favor of Algeria. “From an administrative point of view, apparently… We are not going to say apparently, we are not going to make tongues, it is all good »he declared in particular at a press conference.
Except that the sports director of Stade Rennais, Florian Maurice, took the opposite view of this information, on September 14, on the sidelines of the presentation of the Breton club’s latest summer recruits. “I spoke with Amine about this. For the moment the decision has not been made”, he denied. A denial which consists, according to the former Algeria coach Nasser Sandjak, of diverting the native of Bourgoin-Jallieu from his trajectory, for the benefit of the coach of the France team Didier Deschamps.
“Didier Deschamps called Stade Rennais”
“As someone who lives and works in France, I am sure that this pressure exerted on little Amine Gouiri is not due to chance. I think Didier Deschamps called Stade Rennais to dissuade the player from joining the ranks of Algeriaestimated the former coach of JS Kabylie in an interview with the Algerian sports newspaper Compétition.
He’s a coach; when he wants a player, he has his own strategy to attract him to the Blues. » “We know the drill, as soon as Deschamps has his eye on a player, he uses all possible means to push him to join the French team. But as Amine Gouiri already has his Algerian passport, the French coach acted late, at least that’s what I think.he added.
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Then to continue: “ You know, the French, they take players from other countries and then they throw them away! (…) The arrival of Gouiri will be beneficial for the national team. Rennes’ sporting director says the player didn’t tell him anything about it. Certainly (that) this leader sides with his country and seeks to please Didier Deschamps. However, the player will have his say and if he has agreed to play for Algeria, I very much doubt he will turn back. It’s normal that he’s slow to appear publicly. With everything that is happening around him, the media pressure and that of his current employer, he hesitates, he thinks. However, it is necessary that the new president of the FAF, Walid Sadi, and Djamel Belmadi do the job. Even if I believe that the file is closed and that we will soon see Amine Gouiri with the Algerian jersey. » First response in October, for the next Belmadi list.
2023-09-25 15:22:36
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