The France team is very lucky to be able to count on Michael Olise. The star of Bayern and the Blues is a native of London, whose father is Anglo-Nigerian and his mother French of Algerian origin. Trained in particular at Chelsea and Manchester City, he revealed himself at Reading and Crystal Palace. Mohamed-Ali Cho, for his part, went through the Everton academy from 2015 to 2020 before joining Angers and quickly making his debut in Ligue 1 at the age of 16.
Born in Stains (Seine-Saint-Denis) and played by the PSG youth teams, Cho moved with his parents to Liverpool at the age of 10 and was an English U16 player, before being a tricolor prodigy in U19 and U20 then playing for the Espoirs (8 selections) from 2021 until September 2024.
At 22, Cho has a golden opportunity to experience a 2026 World Cup despite his checkered season at OGC Nice (4 goals and 3 assists in 23 league matches, after an equivalent record last season with the Aiglons). It would be neither with France, nor with England nor even with the Ivory Coast, the country of his father, but with Morocco, the motherland of his mother!
A new French hope with Morocco?
Mohamed-Ali Cho would indeed appear in the prelist of 55 players of the Atlas Lions built by the successor of Walid Regragui, Mohamed Ouahbi, as indicated by the insider youssefamz13 relayed by Afrik-Foot. As a reminder, all the federations have sent a first selection to Fifa and have until June 1 to definitively communicate their group ranging from 23 to 26 players.
A very fast left-handed attacker, capable of playing on both wings, the former Angevin could be a new weapon for the Moroccan team led by Achraf Hakimi. Natives of France have already strengthened the Moroccan group in 2026, namely Issa Diop, Samir El Mourabet and Gessime Yassine, while awaiting the arrival of Ayyoub Bouaddi, prodigy from Losc and the France Espoirs team, for the World Cup which begins in a month (with a shock against Brazil at the start, on June 14).
