Samuel Umtiti re-emphasizes his refusal to play for the Indomitable Lions

Although born in Douala 21 years ago, the talented Samuel Umtiti said his heart only beats for France, his adopted country.

At the moment the technical staff of the national team of Cameroon has its attention focused on the preparation for the final phase of AFCON scheduled for Guinea Equatorial 2015.

While coach Volker Finke and Cameroonian Governments seem to have abandoned their old project on recruitment in the den of the indomitable Lions, the bi-national Paul-Georges Ntep, Jean Christophe Bahebeck, Samuel Um Titi and Axel Ngando, french journalists revisited the issue on Samuel Umtiti, one of the players targeted.

This was during a press conference before the League 1 match scheduled for today Friday between Lyon, the team of Umtiti and Caen. In response, one of the best defenders of the French Professional League, reiterated his firm decision not to change his sport nationality.

"My position has not changed. I did my training with the youth of the team of France, the logic is to go higher still in France," explained the young compatriot of Roger Milla.

Thus, the proximity in club with his teammates and international Cameroonian Henri Bedimo and Njie Clinton and even the best performances of the time made by the new generation of the indomitable Lions, have not pushed Samuel Umtiti to change his mind.

It was during the Pre-Mondial Brazil 2014 period that the Cameroonian authorities tried in vain to enlist these bi-nationals in the den of the indomitable Lions. But the targeted players Paul-Georges Ntep, Jean Christophe Bahebeck, Samuel Um Titi and Axel Ngando always opposed their attempts.

Faced with this reversal, Volker Finke had decided to make do with those that were available, voluntary and committed. And so far, the indomitable Lions fans are not disappointed with the results.