Out of the blue, the Cameroonian national team has got a new striker to bolster their attacking options ahead of the upcoming World Cup in Qatar! Brentford’s forward Bryan Mbeumo has switched his national allegiance from his birth country France to Cameroon, the country of his father.Birthday boy Mbeumo (he turns 23 on Sunday) has played for France at U20 and U21 levels but has decided that his future holds AFCONs rather than Euros. The son of a Cameroonian man and a French mother will represent the African nation.##NAJAVA_MECA_6548836##Fecafoot said Mbeumo’s decision culminated in “extensive discussions” with its president and Indomitable Lions legend Samuel Eto’o. The Cameroonian football federation will have to obtain an international clearance from FIFA for Mbeumo because he made ten competitive appearances for France at the youth level.Mbeumo started his professional career at French side Troyes before joining Brentford, then in the Championship, in August 2019. He contributed 16 goals in 45 league games in his first season, before adding another eight goals in the 2020/21 campaign to help the Bees win promotion to the Premier League via the play-offs.Byan Mbeumo of Brentford will definitely be a good Addition the squad 🔥. Welcome 🦁 🇨🇲 pic.twitter.com/OzrjFCidtY— 🇨🇲 Celeb Photographer 🇨🇲 📸 ❁ (@Steve_Labile) August 5, 2022 He scored his first career hat-trick in Brentford’s 4-1 win over Port Vale in the FA Cup third round in January, having come on as a second-half substitute. Three weeks later, Mbeumo was rewarded with a new contract to keep him at the west London club until 2026. At just 23, this boy will have played in two important competitions: English Premier League and the World Cup. Not bad.The striker will boost Cameroon’s frontline that already has Al Nassr striker Vincent Aboubakar, Lyon’s Karl Toko Ekambi, and Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting of Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich ahead of the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. Cameroon has relied mainly on Aboubakar, and Toko Ekambi for goals and the inclusion of Mbeumo will take some of the goalscoring burden off of the duo’s shoulders.
