Andy Delort is at the heart of a big battle in Algeria, where the press suspects him of having given up playing CAN to be able to sign in Nice.
In the years of the African Cup of Nations, the profile of the players recruited can be important. Because the queen competition of the African continent has the particularity of taking place in January. Tests have been done in recent years to start the event during the summer, but this has not been tenable. It will therefore be an appointment at the beginning of 2022 in Cameroon, with Algeria in particular, which will be expected to defend its title there. As with the success in 2019, striker Andy Delort should be part of this team that is full of talent. But his presence is now strongly questioned. How the player who exploded in Montpellier, and who had proclaimed his desire to play for the Fennecs after having evolved in his youth for the French U20, could you see the situation reversed at this point?
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قائمة 2️⃣5️⃣ لاعب للمواجهة المزدوجة أمام منتخب النيجر في إطار الجولتين الثالثة والرابعة.#The Greens⭐️⭐️ #TeamDZ🇩🇿 #1 2 3 long live Algeria #LesFennecs # WorldCupQatar2022 pic.twitter.com/j5PQq6kPTp– FAF-Algerian Football Federation (@LesVerts) October 2, 2021
In 2019, just a few weeks before the competition, Andy Delort had succeeded in obtaining Algerian nationality, due to the origins of his mother, from the Relizane region in Algeria. Shortly after, he made his entry into the selection of Djamel Belmadi, with the supreme title even if he only played a replacement role. Since then, the adventure was to continue but it came to an abrupt end. Inspired with Nice, Andy Delort would certainly have deserved sportingly to be part of the Algerian selection, but his absence had first of all several explanations. Initially, it is a message posted on Instagram which was given as justification for its non-selection.
On the social network, Andy Delort posted a photo of him in warrior mode, with a sentence that would target Djamel Belmadi and his way of leading his troops. ” If you want to build a ship, there is no point in assembling men, giving them orders and distributing tasks. Simply give them the desire to explore distant seas “, Proclaimed the striker of OGC Nice, who would not have liked his passages too regular for his taste on the sidelines during the matches against Djibouti and against Burkina Faso. The famous Instagram message was posted the day after the match against Djibouti, where he only played 29 minutes. Not really a coincidence for Algerian observers.
1st goal in my new colors and that’s just the start, I hope.
We will continue 🔥🔴⚫️ #OGCNice #OGCNASM pic.twitter.com/SCYhQnQ99O– Andy Delort (@ AndyDelort9) September 19, 2021
The anti-Algeria deal with Galtier?
But according to the revelations of the site Algeria Today, the beginning of the quarrel is older and is not related to these publications. The problem would come from his transfer from Montpellier to Nice this summer. Djamel Belmadi has indeed heard that Andy Delort agreed, to sign with the Aiglons, not to play the CAN in January. Christophe Galtier considering that he already had four players likely to leave (Atal, Kamara, Lemina and Boudaoui), the Riviera coach had warned Delort of his firmness on this subject. An attitude and above all a renunciation that would have infuriated Djamel Belmadi, determined to show his center forward that it was not a very respectful attitude towards his selection. Can things still get better? Difficult to say but in any case, the rag is burning and Algeria will have to do without Andy Delort for the two confrontations against Niger, in the 2022 World Cup qualifiers.