(Reuters) - The shop window of English football has catapulted three players into Algeria’s 30-man provisional squad for the World Cup, including Tottenham Hotspur teenager Nabil Bentaleb and uncapped Leicester midfielder Riyad Mahrez.
Bentaleb, promoted up to Spurs’ first team after Tim Sherwood took over as manager at the start of the year, won his first cap for Algeria in March after switching allegiance from his native France.
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