Ibrahim Mbaye and Mamadou Sarr may still be young players, but they already know that they will never wear the France A team jersey. The 17-year-old PSG striker and the 20-year-old Strasbourg defender have certainly had French selections among young people, but it is Senegal that they will represent. They were both called this Thursday by Pape Thiaw. Didier Deschamps was asked about this during the Blues press conference and believes that it is a personal choice against which he will never oppose.
“It’s a sensitive subject but it’s a freedom that these players have always had, whether they are bi-nationals or tri-nationals. It’s their choice, for different reasons. Attractiveness, I don’t have to command it. Obviously there are many other national teams who have very specific files on the players they can attract. These players have this freedom and I have nothing to say about it. I have never taken someone to block them, to prevent them from going elsewhere. I won’t do it», Says the coach.
