The Algerian Football Federation and Jamel Belmadi, the first team coach, denied on Saturday categorically any contact with the German team player, Freiburg Jonathan Schmid, and Real Madrid goalkeeper Luka Zidane loaned to Racing Santander.
The French player Schmid had told French magazine "France Football" that he had spoken to Belmadi, expressing his readiness to play with the Algerian national team in the event that he obtained the Algerian nationality given that his mother's father was Algerian, despite admitting that it was difficult for you.
Belmadi replied through the official website of the Algerian federation, saying, "Maybe he was contacted by impersonators of my name. For me, I have never spoken to this player, neither directly nor indirectly, and I will not change the way I work today regarding the treatment of any important player for the national team." ".
Jamal Belmadi: "I did not speak to Jonathan Schmid, perhaps he was contacted by impersonators of my name." pic.twitter.com/gtVbBsTiAt
- TeamDz (@TeamDzAr) June 6, 2020
He added, "Therefore, I refute this popular news, and I take the opportunity to say the same regarding communicating with goalkeeper Luca Zidane, although I did not want to respond in time, and I will not respond in the future to this lie and slander as long as the information did not come in the words of the person concerned."
Jamal Belmadi, the coach of Algeria, denies having any contact with # Jonathan_Schmid player # Freiburg and goalkeeper # Luca_Zidan to urge them to join the team pic.twitter.com/pWZwlPzjaU
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And media reports had spoken earlier about the desire of Luca Zidane, son of former French star Zinedine Zidane, coach of Real Madrid, who is of Algerian descent, to play for the Algerian national team.