Algerian National Team News

[k_s]

Is Salim Nasri going to play with Algeria?

[TonyStarks]

Is Salim Nasri going to play with Algeria?

As of right now, no. That could change in the future so I wouldnt worry too much just yet.

[TonyStarks]

Olympique Lyon have announced that their 22-year old midfielder Yacine Hima has been called up by the Algerian national team for a pair of friendlies next month against Gabon and French club FC Istres. Hima spent last season on loan at Ligue 2 side Chateauroux, featuring 27 times and scoring 6 goals in a defensive midfielder role. It will be the first time he represents Algeria in international competition.

[k_s]

Looks like our football team will be one of the best in the continent in few years : or is it?:

[La-Casbah_com]

I guess this is good news:

The team will probably be wearing Umbro stuff in the coming years. The FAF is almost ready to sign a deal with Umbro. They had offers from Le Coq Sportif and Airness but finally chose Umbro.

Umbro? hmmm lovly im sure we'll have some of the most boring shirts in africa, damn man why cant we have nike or puma like our neighbours?

[TonyStarks]

Thats the problem. Nike already has a team in North Africa and Puma already has a team. They're not going to invest in more than one team from each region.

[TonyStarks]

The insider information continues, no newspaper or website can provide this info I'm providing next ...

Olympique Marseille goalkeeper Mehdi Sennaoui received his call-up today for the next pair of games. He was thrilled with the news. The head coach Cavalli said that the list will have a number of surprises. He said lots of new players were contacted and they all agreed to join the team. There's even talk that Brahim Hemdani (Rangers), Karim Benzema (Lyon) and Ahmed Yahiaoui (former Marseille player) could be joining. Benzema and Yahiaoui would probably be in the next call-up since the coach is just starting to talk to them.