Tottenham’s Nabil Bentaleb is set to play in the World Cup opting to play for Algeria instead of France [Le Buteur]

For the past few days, Algerian daily Le Buteur have been excitedly telling their readers that Tottenham starlet Nabil Bentaleb is set to reject the opportunity to play for France in order to honour his Algerian heritage to play for the Africans internationally.

According to reports, 19-year-old Bentaleb is prepared to make himself available for Algeria’s international friendly with Slovenia on 5 March in Blida, which would close the door on France’s hopes to have the teenager play for them.

Le Buteur claim “it’s only a matter of time” before Bentaleb commits himself to the Greens after “FAF president Mohamed Raouraoua met the family of the young Tottenham player in Paris, and convinced his parents” he should play for Algeria.

Algeria are drawn against Belgium, Russia and South Korea at the 2014 World Cup.

Bentaleb has played eight match for Tottenham since being handed his debut by Tim Sherwood against Southampton on December.