Samuel Eto’o : We would not want Mbappe in Cameroon

Samuel Eto'o, the President of the Cameroon Football Federation, commented on the choice of Kylian Mbappe, the French star of Paris Saint-Germain, who has Cameroon-Algerian origins, to play for the France national team.
The floor to talk in particular about the future of Cameroon and binational players. On this second subject, the former Inter Milan striker took the example of PSG striker Kylian to explain that he wanted his country to train his talents himself.
“I do not want to have a Mbappé who was born in Bordeaux in our national team but to have Kylian who was born in our working-class neighborhoods in Cameroon. Because there are talents in our territories to be valued”, explained Eto’o. 
Cameroon, which organized the CAN last January, will face Algeria on Tuesday in the second leg for the 2022 World Cup. The Indomitable Lions lost in the first leg on Friday (0-1).
With strong words for Cameroonian football and the issue of binational players. “I don’t want to have a Kylian Mbappé who was born in Bordeaux in our national team but make Kylian Mbappé who was born in our working-class neighborhoods in Cameroon. Because there are talents in our territories to be valued,” said Eto’o.
These comments came out after the defeat of the Cameroon national team on Friday night at the Japoma Stadium in Douala, Samuel Eto’o travelled to Bordeaux in France.
Kylian Mbappé, the 23-year-old 'killer' with more goals and titles than many cracks at his age, preferred to represent France, with whom he won two championships so far, the first World Cup 2018 in Russia and the second European Nations League 2021. The Cameroonian team had lost the first leg of the African final qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup, against its guest Algeria, with the goal of star Islam Slimani, before the return match on Tuesday evening in Algeria.