Having clearly lost his starting place (5 games in a row on the bench) with SM Caen (French Ligue 2), Anthony Mandréa (27 years old) knows that his sporting situation also threatens his status and his future in the selection. The goalkeeper with 18 international caps does not rule out, in an interview given to our colleagues at Foot Mercato, moving from the club in the next winter transfer window to get back on track.
Mandrea knows that the lights are red when it comes to his career. Demoted in the Caen hierarchy, he is aware that his posture is not the best suited to being untouchable in the selection. Moreover, we can recall that Vladimir Petkoviccoach of Greenshad not used it last November preferring Alexandre Oukidja Then Alexis Guendouz against the Equatorial Guinea and the Liberia in order.
Petkovic’s warning
About it, Mandrea revealed to have had “a discussion with the coach where he told me that the best thing for me was for me to play. Obviously, even without him telling me, I knew it very well. Behind, there are very good goalkeepers who are pushing and who are ready to play for the national team. They are starters in their club and can claim to establish themselves as number one. »
If he claims to have with the two other selected goalkeepers (Guendouz and Oukidja), “a very good relationship within the selection”the former resident of theAngers SCO recognizes that “that doesn’t change the fact that all three of us want to play, all three of us want to be starters and if I want to continue to be a starter, I have to play. I know it very well and the coach told me and that further pushes me to make this choice to leave. I had found a foundation on which to rely, in a career there are ups and downs, currently I have to find a solution to find this guideline, this confidence on a daily basis and that happens through matches.”
Moving from France is a possibility for Mandréa
Now, theIN faces important deadlines. And Mandrea don’t want to miss them. “In a year, there is the CAN and there is the World Cup which comes behind in 2026, these selection matches, I can say goodbye to them if I continue to stay on the bench and that is not possible for Me “estimates the keeper.
As for possible destinations, Mandrea said to be “open to everything, today I am 27 years old, almost 28 years old and if I have to leave France for the sake of my career, I will do it. If I had to stay in France, I would do that too. In any case, the most important thing for me is to make the best possible choice to win matches, find pleasure and above all a project that suits me to take the steps. The story between Malherbe et Mandrea seems finished.
