Marouane Fellaini Confirms Pension from the Belgian national team

DBasia.news –  Not only moving from Manchester United to a Chinese club, Shandong Luneng, Marouane Fellaini also decided to retire from the Belgian national team at the age of 31 years.

Fellaini is still included in the plans of coach Roberto Martinez to continue to be able to strengthen the Belgian national team, but he has other reasons why he has decided not to defend his country again.

The 194 cm tall player said if the Belgian national team had the time to regenerate the composition of the squad by calling more talented young players.

“I think this is the right time for me to retire from the Belgian national team. In my opinion, this is also a good time to regenerate players to continue to bring the success of Belgian football,” Fellaini was quoted as saying by BBC Sports.

Since his debut in 2007, he has won 87 caps and has managed to record his name 18 times on the scoreboard. Besides, the player who plays as a midfielder is also part of the Belgian team while participating in the 2014 World Cup competitions, 2018 and Euro 2016.