Oh, here comes Thohir again: the former Inter boss wants to bring Audero to the Indonesian national team

Erik Thohir wants to convince Emil Audero, 28, to wear the Indonesian national team jersey. Having become president of his country's football federation two years ago, the former Inter boss posted on his X profile (twitter) the announcement that he intends to convince two other footballers (Go Ahead Eagles defender Dean James and Lommel midfielder Joey Pelupessy) who already have dual citizenship and have never debuted with their respective countries' senior national teams. The slogan is linked to the imminent start of the Asian qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup.

Indonesian on his father's side, Emil Audero, a past in Inter and 8 appearances with Como this season, before moving to Palermo, played with all the Azzurri youth teams, from the Under 15s to the Under 17s, with whom he played in the 2013 World Cup as Scuffet's assistant, and then continuing up to the Under 21s with the 2019 European Championship as Meret's assistant. Having never played for the national team, Audero can still wear the Indonesian jersey. Will the pressure from Thohir, minister of state enterprises and very powerful also thanks to media, sports and entertainment companies, bear fruit?