The former France Under-21 international has decided to play for the Atlas Lions.
RABAT: Former France Under-21 international Sofiane Diop has accepted a first call-up from Morocco for the start of their 2026 World Cup qualification campaign this month, coach Walid Regragui confirmed today.
Nice midfielder Diop, 23, was born in France but is also eligible for Morocco, who reached the semifinals of the World Cup in Qatar and recently recruited another French youth international in Bayer Leverkusen winger Amine Adli. “He is a player who could have chosen other countries also. He deserves to be with us,” Regragui told reporters.
Morocco are scheduled to host Eritrea next Thursday in their qualification opener and despite reports the latter could withdraw from the preliminaries, Regragui said they have received no confirmation from Fifa.They also have Niger, Congo and Zambia in their pool, with only the top team automatically qualifying for the finals in the US, Mexico and Canada.
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