Categories: Football

Munir: “Luis Enrique called me and I told him I wanted to play for Morocco”

Munir El Haddadi does not go through his best moment in the Seville. He has hardly played in the last games (only 5 minutes in the last 8 league games) and he was not even called up for the game against him. Real Madrid on Valdebebas. However, your year has been personally rewarding. He has scored goals when he has had the opportunity to play and, above all, he is happy for his debut with Morocco after FIFA authorized him to line up with the North African team after being denied in the first instance by his participation in 2014 in an official match of the Spanish national team.

What's more, now the player born in El Escorial assures that he would not have gone with Spain if he had not been able to play with Morocco and even that Luis Enrique called him this year and responded negatively to the intention to attend.

“I feel Moroccan, I know that, in quotes, I disappointed (the Spanish). If I hadn't been able to play for Morocco, if Spain had called me, I wouldn't have gone, “said the forward in an interview in 'Movistar', in which he assures that Luis Enrique called him this season to consult him. “Before playing against Bayern Munich (with Sevilla in the European Super Cup) Luis Enrique called me and told me that I had a chance to go, but I told him that my intention was not to go, that I wanted to wear the Moroccan shirt. “, he claimed.

Munir even assures that he was pressured in 2014 when he wore the shirt of the Spanish team while in the sub 21. “Celades called me and told me that I had to go with the senior team, that Diego Costa had been injured. I had to make the decision at the time, I came to cry from the pressure, I was not sure whether to do it or not. When you're a kid you just want to play soccer. Vicente (Del Bosque) called me and told me to enjoy them, and I think that made me play those minutes ”.

The forward adds that the happiest moment of the season was when he was told he could play for Morocco. “I did not believe it. I was moved to tears. When I played and stepped on the field, I took off that pressure and everything we worked to be there came to me. I'm glad it could be changed ”.

Gabby Barker

Gabby is someone who is interested in all types of sports, she loves to attend watching matches live. Whenever there is a match being played in her city, she makes sure to get the tickets in advance. Due to the love for sports, she joined Sportsfinding, and started writing general sports news. Apart from writing the news, she is also the editor for the website who checks and edits every news content before they go live.

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