Rising Soccer Star Chemsdine Talbi Faces National Team Decision

Chemsdine Talbi has managed to establish himself in Bruges, becoming one of the key players of the Belgian club. In the match against Atalanta in the Champions League play-offs, the young striker scored two goals, recalls La Dernière Heure. For a few months, the heart of the Belgian-Moroccan has been wavering between Morocco and Belgium. While Chemsdine Talbi has already played for the Belgian U15, U17 and U18 teams, he declined the invitation to join the U19s. The reason? A lack of respect and consideration from the Belgian Federation.

"Things happened that caused a break," his father Abdallah confided to Nieuwsblad, explaining that "after his cruciate ligament rupture, the Belgian Federation did not call him once. Asking from time to time how it’s going, that’s still the minimum, isn’t it? I find that really sad." According to Abdallah, "Chems wants to feel respected. The fact that no one from the Belgian Federation was concerned about his injury has broken something in him."

Meanwhile, the Moroccan Federation has shown its proximity to the player and multiplies the initiatives to try to convince him to join the den of the Atlas Lions. "The coach of the Moroccan U20 and U23 teams and the vice-president of the Moroccan Federation have always called. Even during his rehabilitation, they continued to convince him to come to Rabat. ’Come visit the facilities. We invite you, we pay the plane tickets’," adds his father.

Born in Sambreville, Chemsdine Talbi is undoubtedly one of the revelations of Belgian football. The Belgian Federation is doing its best to secure the 19-year-old gem. The new sports director Vincent Mannaert is active in bringing the player back to better feelings. The Talbi family appreciates the approach: "He is very competent and intelligent. He can take Belgium to the next level. The contact with him is good, so who knows..." , the father of the young talent said, maintaining the suspense on the choice of his son’s sporting nationality.