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title: "Arsenal’s Guendouzi set for international tug-of-war as boss plans talks"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Ryan Darby"
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published: "2018-09-11T16:08:38Z"
modified: "2018-09-11T16:10:31Z"
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# Arsenal’s Guendouzi set for international tug-of-war as boss plans talks

Morocco boss Herve Renard is planning to stage talks with Arsenal midfielder Matteo Guendouzi over a place in his squad in the near future.

[Football London reports](https://www.football.london/arsenal-fc/news/latest-arsenal-news-matteo-guendouzi-15136695) that the form Arsenal’s summer signing has shown is not going unnoticed on an international level.

After arriving at the club this summer from Ligue 2 side Lorient, Guendouzi was largely seen as a prospect for the future but he has cemented a place in Unai Emery’s side during the opening few games of the season.

Having not played in a competitive fixture for France, Guendouzi is free to change his nationally, despite featuring for the World Cup winners at youth level.

![Michael Steele/Getty Images Sport](https://cdn.readeverything.co/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/979393370.jpg)

The youngster would be available to play for Renard’s squad through his father, who is Moroccan-born.

Guendouzi has already [outlined his ambitions](https://readarsenal.com/2018/09/06/matteo-guendouzi-targets-french-squad-after-arsenal-breakthrough/) to reach the senior squad for France, so Renard may have to do some convincing him in order to call him up.