Ethan Mbappé closely follows Algeria’s matches at the African Cup of Nations, but the Fennecs also follow him in return, in another way. According to our information, confirming those published in November in Algerian media such as Fennec Football, the Algerian selection approached the Lille midfielder.
Still determined to represent the French team in the future, Kylian Mbappé’s brother actually has Algerian origins: the parents of Fayza Lamari, his mother, are Kabyle. For now, the native of Montreuil (19 years old) has never worn the Blues jersey among young people, although he has already been called up to U16 and U19.
Close to Bentaleb and Mandi in Lille
While he accompanied Kylian, Wilfrid, his father, and Jirès Kembo Ekoko, his adopted brother, to the Grand Stade in Marrakech to watch the draw between Cameroon and Ivory Coast (1-1), he is attentive to the progress of the Algerians during this CAN. It must be said that Ethan Mbappé is close to Nabil Bentaleb and Aïssa Mandi, his Algerian partners at Losc. The first was not selected by Vladimir Petkovic, but the second is in Morocco with the national team, which will play its quarter-final against Nigeria on Saturday (5 p.m.).
At the end of 2025, the Fennecs had already convinced a player whose family member brilliantly wore the French team jersey. Luca Zidane, son of Zinedine, chose Algeria, where he has successfully kept the cages since the start of the CAN.
This illustrates on the side of the Algerian Federation a return to what was done at the beginning of the 2000s with a massive recourse to dual nationals. According to an assiduous follower of the Fennecs, the profile of Ethan Mbappé, namely that of a left-handed midfielder, is necessarily interesting.
