Performing and consistent since the start of the season, Rayan Cherki is finally at the expected level under the colors of OL. What is there to hope for a quick call-up to the French team? In any case, there is an emergency before we see the Lyon maestro heading towards Algeria.
Author of 5 goals and 7 assists in just 17 matches played since the start of the season, Rayan Cherki has been at a stratospheric level for several weeks. Dismissed last summer before his contract extension, the French junior international is now an essential player for Pierre Sage. Starting against PSG on Sunday evening, Rayan Cherki shone again with a delicious assist for Georges Mikautadze on the Lyon goal at the Parc des Princes. For some time now, the hype has been growing stronger and stronger around Cherki to such an extent that the OL attacking midfielder is in demand for the French team.
Cherki tempted by the Algerian selection
We do not know if Didier Deschamps intends to call him up in March to test him, but in any case there is an urgent need to bring him to the Blues because Algeria is still trying to convince him to choose the Fennecs. And according to Margot Dumont, journalist for Canal+ visibly informed on the issue, the tendency is precisely for Rayan Cherki to opt for Algeria rather than France.
“The trend for Rayan Cherki's international future is Algeria. He would like to please his mother. There is some lobbying from Olympique Lyonnais to make him change his mind, this has already been the case in the past for Aouar and Fekir because he would not have the same value being a French or Algerian international . Right now, today if he had to choose, it would be Algeria” launched the journalist from the encrypted channel on the set of Canal Football Club, who is therefore sounding the alert on the international future of Rayan Cherki.
While observers too often regret the lack of technique of players in the French team, such a choice by Rayan Cherki would be seen as a real disappointment by many French supporters. It now remains to be seen whether Didier Deschamps will pick up the phone in the coming weeks to convince the 21-year-old to choose the Blues rather than Algeria, after having learned his lessons with France in the youth teams.
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