August 9, 2014. During an interview with Guardian, Samir Nasri officially announces that he will no longer wear the France team jersey. “When I go there are always problems. I am facing charges and my family is suffering, and I do not want to make them suffer. It’s better that I stop and focus on my club career. I’m 27 and to be honest, as long as Didier Deschamps is coach, I won’t have a chance after all that has happened ”. Absent from the list of players selected to participate in the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, the player, then in Manchester City, had decided to say goodbye to the Blues. Blues with whom he experienced ups and downs between 2007 and 2013, he who has 41 capes (5 goals).
Despite this stormy story, the former Olympique de Marseille player has never regretted saying yes to France, when he could have defended the colors of Algeria. This is what he explained last December to the TV channel Al Kass in Qatar. “I don’t regret things. I chose France. I had my first selection in 2007. I was 19 when I played for the national team. When you start your international career and play with Vieira, Henry, Trézéguet, Anelka, it’s a pride. I have not known that a cape in Blues. I had over forty. I do not regret because at that time, Algeria was not the same team as today “. Discreet in recent times, the 32-year-old footballer came out of silence and again spoke about the French team yesterday during a live Instagram with journalist Bertrand Latour.
Samir Nasri unleashes his truths about the French team
And as usual, Samir Nasri was cash. First, he started by talking about his case and that of other Generation 87 players: “I don’t understand why Benzema didn’t make Euro 2016, nor the 2018 World Cup. I don’t understand why I didn’t make the 2014 World Cup. Find me a player who is happy if he’s a replacement… I don’t understand why Hatem Ben Arfa was not selected for Euro 2016, after his season with Nice ”. Then when he was questioned about his individual performances, which were not always excellent under the jersey struck by the cock, he answered very frankly, by sliding a small tackle to the national coach, Didier Deschamps.
“There are 200 million bad players in the selection, who come every time. It depends on who the coach is. There are a lot of breeders who do what the L’Equipe writes. There is a lot of cronyism. The criteria change. Before, you had to be good at the club. Today, this is no longer the case. “. Finally, he concluded by evoking the world coronation of the Blues in Russia two years ago: “In 2018, still happy that they won it, there are only cracks. He can make three teams of a very good level. Put Guardiola in the French team, you’ll see how they will play. We will feast. I have the right not to love. I look, I have friends playing in the selection. It was good, it was deserved, the World Cup “. Despite his international retirement 6 years ago, the scar team of France is not yet closed for Samir Nasri.
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