Song's Son Rejects Indomitable Lions Call up Ahead of 2022 World Cup

• Nolan Song says he will turn down an approach by the Cameroon Football Federation to play for the Indomitable Lions
• The son of ex-Arsenal midfielder Alexandre Song says he will rather play for the French national team
• The Cameroon Football Federation has started initial steps to convince every talented Cameroonian-born in the diaspora to play for the Indomitable Lions

The son of former Arsenal midfielder Alexander Song says he wishes to play for the France national team because he feels French.

Nolan Song was born in Cameroon but moved to France at a very young age, where he began a career in football.

This means the 16-year-old is eligible to play for Cameroon and France.

The youngster is the son of ex-Arsenal defensive midfielder Alex Song and nephew of current Cameroon head coach Rigobert Song, who prominently featured for the Indomitable Lions in the 1990s and 2000s.

In a Q and A session on Instagram, Nolan Song disclosed that he will turn down an approach by the Cameroon Football Federation to have him named in any Cameroon national team.

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When asked by fan if he will represent the West African country, Song said as quoted by cameroononline:

“Cameroon is not my country, it’s my father’s country.” I was born in France, raised in England, I feel no connection with ‘my country’. Just because my dad played for the country doesn’t mean I have to do it.

"I don’t feel Cameroonian, the only connection I have with the country is my family. This is why you’ll never see me in Cameroonian gear. Probably gonna play for France.

Nolan's father, Alex Song, made his debut for Cameroon in 2005. He featured in four AFCON's and two World Cups for the Indomitable Lions before retiring in 2015 at the age of 27.

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The 30-year-old German-born defender called time out on his international career following Cameroon's disastrous World Cup in 2014.

Since then, several attempts by various head coaches of the Indomitable Lions to convince him to reconsider his premature retirement have proved abortive.