Bella-Kotchap Earns Call Up For Germany
Armel Bella-Kotchap has taken to the Premier League like a duck to water and now the defender has been rewarded for his good form for Southampton with a call up for Germany in the upcoming Nations League fixtures.
It has been a swift rise for Armel Bella-Kothcap since joining Saints in the summer, he joined the club from VFL Bochum for whom he made 22 appearances for the newly promoted club in the Bundesliga in 2021/22.
He has made just 5 Premier League appearances for Saints and has impressed fans with his strong defensive play and reading of the game as well as some surging runs forward.
With 9 caps for the German U21 side whilst at Bochum he had yet to be called up for the full side, but now that has happened and is in the squad for the fixtures against Hungary in Munich before returning to England for the game against England at Wembley where he could be in opposition to James Ward Prowse who is in the England squad.
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