The reasons why Brahim Díaz has decided to play for Morocco instead of Spain
Brahim has played one senior international for La Roja but has opted to switch to the 2022 World Cup semi-finalists.
The Brahim Díaz international tug-of-war is over. AS has learned the Real Madrid attacker has chosen to represent Morocco over Spain, despite having already played once for La Roja.
The determination the Atlas Lions and their coach Walid Regragui have shown to convince the 24-year-old to switch allegiances has been key, and Díaz is now expected to be called up for friendly games against Angola (Friday 22 March) and Mauritania (Tuesday 26 March).
AS had previously revealed that the player was in the final stages of the process to officially obtain Moroccan nationality, which is now almost complete. In the time in between, Brahim has come to the decision to play for the North African nation.
Spain manager Luis de la Fuente had himself been hoping to call the Madrid man up for March friendlies against Colombia and Brazil, which will now not happen, with Morocco having seemingly made a bigger effort to get Díaz onside.
The former Manchester City and AC Milan forward was born in Malaga in Spain to a Spanish mother but qualifies to play for Morocco through his father.
Brahim played almost 30 games for various Spanish youth teams and even made his debut for the full team, albeit in bizarre circumstances. On the eve of Euro 2020, which was played in 2021, Sergio Busquets tested positive for covid-19, which led to the whole senior team being replaced by the under-21s for a friendly against Lithuania.
The young Spaniards won 4-0, with Díaz scoring the second goal. He was called up by Luis Enrique later that year for 2022 World Cup qualifying games against Greece and Sweden but failed to get on the field.
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