Neil El Ayanoui remains evasive about his sporting nationality

The French-Moroccan Neil El Ayanoui doesn't seem in a hurry to decide on his future sporting nationality.

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Eligible to wear the jerseys of both the "Bleus" and the "Atlas Lions", the Lens player is still biding his time as he awaits to make a definitive decision on his national team allegiance.

In a statement to the French press following the match against Olympique de Marseille, the son of former global tennis legend Younès El Aynaoui remained non-committal.

For now, I'm trying to develop, to make my own path... and it will come.

An answer that will certainly not please Walid Regragui, the coach of the Atlas Lions, who has been awaiting a final decision from the player for several months.

What should we know about Neil El Ayanoui?

Trained at AS Nancy, he joined the northern club in 2023 for a fee of 600 thousand euros.

He has 41 Ligue 1 matches to his name, with 5 goals and 3 assists, while his market value is estimated at 8 million euros on the transfermarket website.

Imed Ben Amara |

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Imed Ben Amara - bilingual sports writer and web editor with experience in football content creation. Since 2021, he has contributed to Foot Africa, providing news coverage and analysis.