In the same style as Lapadula, but reversed. Universitario de Deportes striker Alexander Succar would leave the Peru team to join the national team of the country Lebanon, as he has ancestors from that country through his grandfather. This was reported by the Lebanece Forces News media agency in that country, which revealed that it was requested that the Merengue footballer have Lebanese nationality.
“The Council of Ministers agreed to the restoration of the player’s Lebanese citizenship, which he obtained through his paternal grandfather, with the aim of participating in the ranks of the Lebanese national team in the upcoming World Cup and Asian Cup qualifiers in Qatar,” said he stated. The above-mentioned Asian portal on Succar’s situation.
Would Matías Succar also play for Lebanon?
In the case of Alexander’s brother, Matías Succar, the media affirms that he is less advanced: “The file of Matías Succar is still pending before the Nationality Recovery Committee to apply all the conditions imposed by the Lebanese government.”
The interest of the Asian country is nothing new, says journalist Víctor Zaferson: “In 109 there were contacts between scouts from Lebanon and Mathías Succar. The association of this country wanted to recruit him for the adult team. Succar said Peru has it.” “Since then they have been following him in case he changes his mind,” he said on his Twitter account.