Second round for Rudi Garcia! After making his debut on the Red Devils bench in March, the coach of Belgium is preparing his second gathering, with meetings against North Macedonia and Wales in the 2026 World Cup qualifiers.
The former OM and OL coach gave his list on Tuesday. And the new one of the day is a Ligue 1 player: the Strasbourg Diego Moreira, a nice surprise from Racing this season.
“It's a jVersatile OUEUR like Alexis Saelemaekers and Jorthy Mokio. Basically, he plays a left back but he can play in front, on the left, right. He has a lot of activity and he had a very good season in Strasbourg in Ligue 1. A full season. That's why he's with us ”explained Rudi Garcia at a press conference, reports the RTBF.
Rudi Garcia is delighted
Trained at the Liège Standard, Diego Moreira joined Benfica Lisbon at the age of 16. After wearing the Belgian jersey in U15, he then made his classes with the youth teams in Portugal, to the hopes. Binational, the native of Liège opted for the Red Devils.
Good news for Belgium, which saw nuggets spinning like Konstantinos Karetsans (Greece) and Chemsdine Talbi (Morocco). “It goes in the direction of what we have said, anticipation, to let us know that we follow all the binationals”, said Rudi Garcia.
