Djamel Belmadi announced that he summoned Ismael Bennacer against the advice of his club AC Milan.
Algeria will play CAN 2023 in Ivory Coast in a few days. During this event, she will be able to count on her metronome in the middle, Ismaël Bennacer. The latter was summoned after returning from several months of unavailability. For Djamel Belmadi, the coach, there was no reason to leave him at home since he was operational with his club.
No concessions for Belmadi
Sunday, at a press conference, the boss of the Greens said that Milan wanted to keep his player at least until the Italian Cup match but he vetoed it. “We have two friendly matches following. We need to prepare,” he recalled.
Before starting the continental tournament, the Fennecs will indeed challenge Togo and Burundi. Two meetings that Belmadi takes very seriously.
Asked if he had received any directive from AC Milan regarding Bennacer, Belmadi replied: “AC Milan cannot demand anything at all for Bennacer since the date starts tomorrow. Our objective is never to put the player at odds with his club. EN should not be an obstacle, I prefer communication.”
As a reminder, four years ago, when Algeria was crowned African champion in Egypt, Ismael Bennacer was named player of the tournament. We understand, in fact, why his coach is so keen on his presence in the group.
