The Gabonese Football Federation is actively pursuing Mario Lemina, a Franco-Gabonese player currently with Olympique de Marseille. Born in Libreville, Lemina is being courted by Gabonese authorities, who are eager to see him join their national team alongside players like Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.
Contacts have already been initiated with Lemina’s representatives to persuade him to choose to represent the country of his birth. However, Lemina still harbors hopes of being called up to the senior French national team. Despite this ambition, his path to the French national team may face obstacles, as he was not selected by coach Willy Sagnol for the French U-20 team in their recent match against Belarus in the qualifiers for the 2015 European Under-20 Championship.
