Long courted by Gambia, his father’s country, and which qualified for AFCON 2021, Mahdi Camara, 23, is in no hurry to make his choice between France where he was born, and Gambia, the land of his origins.

He is one of the sheet metal workers of Claude Puel’s workforce this season with AS Saint-Etienne. Camara has 32 Ligue 1 matches in his legs out of 33 possible.

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He found the loophole three times and offered an assist once. Enough to raise the desires of Tom Saintfiet, Gambia coach, to convince him to join the Scorpions. But we will have to go to the school of patience.

“We had a discussion, it’s true, but I told them that I prefer to concentrate on the end of my season with ASSE and that I will think about it later with my family”, Mahdi Camara said in comments relayed by AfrikFoot.