Issa Diop chooses the Moroccan national team

The French defender of Moroccan origin, Issa Diop, chose to represent the Moroccan national football team, putting an end to years of anticipation regarding his international future, after his name had been on the table for some time among the names that the Royal Moroccan Football League seeks to include to strengthen the ranks of the “Atlas Lions.”

According to identical data, the defender of the English club Fulham decided to play for Morocco, given his Moroccan origins on his mother’s side, at a time when he had previously defended the colors of the French Sunni teams, from under-16 to the Al-Amal team, without playing any official match with the French first team.

It is expected that Diop will be a qualitative addition to the back line of the Moroccan national team, given the experience he has accumulated in the English Premier League, whether during his time playing with West Ham United or currently with Fulham, where he played several matches this season in various competitions.

Available data indicate that the player has begun the procedures related to changing his sporting nationality, so that he becomes legally qualified to carry the Moroccan national team’s jersey in official competitions, a path that the Royal Moroccan Football Federation is pursuing with the hope of completing it during the coming period.

If these procedures are completed as soon as possible, it is expected that national voter Mohamed Wehbe will invite Issa Diop to join the Moroccan national team camp, in a step that may pave the way for his first appearance in the “Atlas Lions” shirt.