The French-born Real Sociedad central defender has dual citizenship and has opted for La Roja after failing to get a call from Deschamps
Behind the great season that the Real society with his fourth place finish The competition and the format to Champions LeagueThere are several protagonists. One of them is the central defender. Le Normandthat at the age of 26, received the call from Luis de la Fuente and face his first call-up with Spain.
Why can Le Normand play with the Spanish team and not France?
The defender was born in daddy, France; But never received the call from Deschamps. The own French selector signaled on occasion that the ‘txuri-urdin’ was not a football player, which they followed exhaustively.
The opposite happened with The Redwhere the arrival of Le Normand to the discipline of From the source. For this reason, the Legal Legal Department of the RFEF started working on this issue a few months ago and finally, On 23 May, the Council of Ministers approved his dual nationality.
It will debut with Spain in the 2023 Nations League Final Four after waiting months for a call from France that never came, while for the Spanish team it was one of the priorities for this year.
Source: Goal