Cristhian Mosquera has began a brand new chapter of his profession at Arsenal, and he might quickly make a change at worldwide stage too. The 21-year-old defender is presently representing Spain, however within the coming months, he might change his allegiance.
Mosquera, who was born in Alicante, has represented Spain at U15, U16, U18, U19, U21 and U23 stage, and he has his sights set on a call-up to the senior squad within the lead-up to subsequent summer season’s World Cup. But when it doesn’t come, there’s a probability that he by no means represents La Roja.
Based on Diario AS, the Colombian Soccer Federation are hoping to persuade Mosquera to change his allegiance to the nation of his mother and father, and so as to take action, they’ve promised him a spot of their squad for the 2026 World Cup.
Again in 2023, the Colombian FA additionally tried to persuade Mosquera to maneuver away from representing Spain, however on that event, he was satisfied to remain within the Spanish fold. He’s valued very extremely by the Spanish Soccer Federation (RFEF), as confirmed by the truth that he’s captain of Spain’s U21 aspect, however there’s extra probability that he switches his allegiance on this event, given {that a} World Cup look is on the road.
Mosquera is much down the La Roja pecking order
As issues stand, Mosquera will virtually actually miss out on La Roja’s squad for the 2026 World Cup, with head coach Luis de la Fuente favouring the likes of Dean Huijsen, Robin Le Normand, Pau Cubarsi, Dani Vivian and Aymeric Laporte – and amongst these, Huijsen and Cubarsi are each youthful than the Arsenal defender.
It stays to be seen whether or not the stress of shedding Mosquera leads the RFEF to expediting a call-up to the Spain senior squad within the coming months, but when not, there might be a robust probability for Colombia to get their man.