Family members of Lyon starlet Nabil Fekir have expressed their anger after their son opted for an international career with France over Algeria.
Fekir announced that he has picked France despite earlier pledging he would play for Algeria.
"I talked to Didier Deschamps, who was very convincing. He said he was counting on me, that I was an interesting player," Fekir said.
"Everyone can understand that I was not faced with an easy choice. I have never been called up by France's youth sides. On the other hand, I have already been called up once by the under-21s. Therefore, there is a certain logic that after the under-21s, I have the ambition of playing for the senior side."
Fekir's family have frowned at his decision to play for France instead of Algeria. His father Mohamed Fekir said it was not a family to see their son play for France.
The most angry member in the family is Nabil's grandfather who said to Algerian media: "His parents are very angry with his decision, and me too. We are in shock, because we did not expect that he can Ignore the call of our motherland. As a family we wish our son wear the Algeria colours that would make all the family proud."
The Algerian Football Federation (FAF) had accused Lyon of influencing Fekir's choice of France.
"We called up Nabil Fekir because he called (coach) Christian Gourcuff to tell him he had chosen to wear the Algeria shirt. We were surprised by the official statement published on the (Lyon) club's website and it proves the club played a part in this affair," FAF president Mohamed Raouraoua said.
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