Messi's ex-PSG team-mate, ex-France star, makes Mauritania bow v Argentina | OneFootball

The player who replaced Di María in his professional debut has now decided to stop representing the French national team and instead play for the country where he was born.

In the largely unknown Mauritania national team, which will face the Argentina national team this Friday at La Bombonera in the first of the two friendlies Lionel Scaloni’s side will play during the FIFA window, there is one footballer with plenty to boast about.

It is Djeidi Gassama, a 22-year-old winger born in the humble town of Sélibabi who moved to France as a child and who currently plays for Rangers in the Scottish Premiership. In 2022, the year La Scaloneta won the World Cup in Qatar, he made two appearances for the France national team, but at Under-20 level. But he recently decided to represent the country where he was born, so at Boca’s stadium he will be making his debut for the Mauritania national team.

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