Belgium persuade Lille striker Fernandez-Pardo to commit to their World Cup cause

Belgium will be able to use promising attacker Matias Fernandez-Pardo at the World Cup after he committed his international ​future to the country, the Belgian football federation said on Tuesday, Reuters reported.  The 21-year-old, who was born in Brussels to Italian and Spanish parents, played for Belgium at junior level. Yet in 2024, he chose to ​play for Spain but subsequently did not honour a call-up ​to their under-20 side.