The Real Betis forward talks to Sid Lowe about being fouled all the time, choosing France over Algeria and the aborted transfer to Liverpool
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It was a line that demanded an obvious question and, in turn, an equally obvious response, Pellegrini cracking up. Do you tell him that? Do you say you should be at Barcelona or Bayern or City or somewhere? “No, because I don’t want him to leave Betis.” Two of Fekir’s brothers play amateur football while Yassin, four years his junior, is in the Betis B team. “I think he’sgood, eh!” he says. “I don’t know if I’m objective but he’s very good. He’s like me, but right footed. My dad worked in a metal factory. My mum worked in a nursery, looking after kids. They always said to work hard at school. All that was in my head was football. And, thank God, I got there.
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